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Portrait of Ralph Babet

Ralph Babet

United Australia Party · Senate · VIC · incumbent

Early life & education encyclopedia

Ralph Emmanuel Didier "Deej" Babet was born on 29 June 1983 on the island of Rodrigues, part of Mauritius, and spoke French as his first language; he and his family migrated to Australia in 1990 when he was seven, becoming an Australian citizen in 1993. He grew up in Doveton, attending Holy Family Catholic Primary School and St John's Regional College in Dandenong, and later earned a Bachelor of Business from Swinburne University of Technology and an advanced diploma in sales and marketing from Chisholm Institute. Before politics he worked as a real estate agent, and he has been a United Australia Party senator for Victoria since 2022.

Background encyclopedia

Real estate agent who runs a firm with his brother. Senator for Victoria since 1 July 2022 and leader of the United Australia Party since 27 February 2024, its only federal representative.

Elected 2022 · VIC BABET, Ralph (United Australia Party) was declared elected 6th of 6 at the 2022 federal election. [AEC results]

Sourced positions

Each position is the member's own stated view or vote, supported by the listed sources. The badge says what kind of source backs it — official record (Hansard, a parliament, a government or an electoral commission), own statement (their own site or their party's), news report (journalism or a third-party organisation) or encyclopedia. That is a statement about the evidence, not about how much we believe it. This page records public statements and conduct only — see methodology.

AyeNoPairedDid not vote

Immigration news report

Babet has called for sharply reduced immigration, stating in February 2024 that "Multiculturalism has failed Australia," and supported the 2025 "March for Australia" anti-mass-immigration rallies, attending the Brisbane rally alongside One Nation senators Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts; the march's organisers publicised his endorsement.

Votes on record · 4

Faith & religion own statement

Babet's X profile bio self-identifies him as "Christ is King. ✝️ Roman Catholic. Christian nationalist." Wikipedia records that he was raised Catholic, attending Holy Family Catholic Primary School and St John's Regional College after his family migrated from Mauritius.

Economic nationalism official record

In his August 2022 first speech Babet emphasised Australian superannuation funds being invested locally to boost the domestic economy. In a 24 June 2026 Senate speech he said "For my entire life, we have been promised smaller government, lower taxes and more freedom," arguing both major parties instead delivered "higher taxes, more debt, more regulation, more bureaucracy and less freedom," and calling for less government, less regulation and lower taxes; his March 2026 newsletter "The Government Has a Spending Problem" argues per-person spending has grown at roughly twice the pace of per-person tax for two decades.

Foreign policy & aid news report

Babet publicly celebrated Donald Trump's November 2024 election win and is a vocal Trump supporter. In October 2022 he defended recognising West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, saying "every nation has the right to determine its own capital, and making an exception of Israel is discriminatory," and later criticised Melbourne City Council for debating a Gaza ceasefire motion, saying "neither Hamas nor the Israeli government is awaiting instruction from the Melbourne City Council."

Votes on record · 2

Citizenship (s44 eligibility) encyclopedia

Born on Rodrigues in the Republic of Mauritius and an Australian citizen since 1993, Ralph Babet renounced his Mauritian citizenship in March 2022, before taking his Senate seat.

Economy & tax recorded votes

Votes on record · 8

Welfare & social services recorded votes

Votes on record · 3

Workplace & industrial relations recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Gender & LGBTQ+ policy news report

Babet wrote on social media that he "will eradicate the radical elements within the LGBTQIA2S+ agenda and relegate it to the dustbin of history". The Senate censured him in November 2024, on a motion moved by Senator Penny Wong, for "his inflammatory use of hate speech" in a social media post; the censure went through on the voices. He was a co-signatory to Senator Alex Antic's bill to ban gender-affirming medical care for trans youth (reported November 2023), criticised the City of Swan's Pride festival in October 2025 as "pushing this radical LGBTQIA2S+ agenda" and in April 2026 said of Ireland's defence minister that "Woman [sic] should not be ministers of defence. End of story. They are biologically incapable."

Freedom of speech recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Drugs & law and order recorded votes

Votes on record · 7

Gambling & gaming reform recorded votes

Votes on record · 1

First Nations & treaty recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Integrity & anti-corruption recorded votes

Votes on record · 9

Housing & planning recorded votes

Votes on record · 3

  • –Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025Liberal senator Wendy Askew's bill to make changes to Housing Australia's investment mandate — including the Home Guarantee Scheme — subject to parliamentary disallowance rather than ministerial direction alone.Second and third reading · Senate · carried 36–2526 Mar 2026 ↗
  • –Housing Investment Probity Bill 2024Liberal senator Andrew Bragg's bill to bar the Housing Australia Future Fund from dealing with the CFMEU or organisations connected with it, including the Cbus super fund.Second reading · Senate · negatived 26–3626 Mar 2026 ↗

Health recorded votes

Votes on record · 6

Education recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Transport & infrastructure recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Energy recorded votes

Votes on record · 1

Environment & water recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Votes are shown as the official record lists them — Hansard federally and in New South Wales; Votes and Proceedings, Minutes of the Proceedings and Hansard in Victoria; the Record of Proceedings in Queensland; the Votes and Proceedings and Minutes of Proceedings in Western Australia; the Votes and Proceedings (House of Assembly) and Hansard (Legislative Council) in South Australia; the Votes and Proceedings of both chambers in Tasmania. "Did not vote" means the member held the seat that day and is on neither list — the record says who was in the chamber, not why, so it is never an abstention. Western Australia’s record prints no pairs, so a member paired there shows as did not vote. Nothing is shown for a presiding officer who by law gives only a casting vote (the Speaker and the President in South Australia, the President in Tasmania), nor for the member presiding at a Tasmanian division, which Tasmania’s journals record. Which bills sit under which issue is an editorial choice, made bill by bill with a reason read from the second-reading speech. A bill decided by an earlier parliament (Queensland’s 2018 abortion law reform, for one) is shown with that parliament named, read from the official record of the day. For Queensland and the federal parliament “did not vote” there means the member held a seat that day, as their service is recorded; for the other earlier parliaments the record of who held a seat could not be read, so only the printed Aye, No and paired votes are shown.

Record last updated 2026-10-10.