• United Australia Party Senator for Victoria
• Became a Senator on 21 May 2022 — Federal election
• Email me whenever Ralph Babet speaks (no more than once per day)

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Statements by Senators: Fiscal Policy (4 Mar 2026)

“Let me make a prediction so blindingly obvious that it barely qualifies as one: higher taxes are coming. We all know this. You don't spend months and months floating conversations about revenue fairness and structural pressures unless you're preparing the patient for the needle. Governments don't soften the ground unless they are about to dig. The problem is this: arithmetic, that most...”

Statements by Senators: Parliamentary Representation (4 Feb 2026)

“Australia likes to think that it has a two-party system, but what we really have is a political photocopier. Labor presses the button, and the Liberals take the copy. Sometimes they change the letterhead, but that's about it. A two-party system only works when there is a genuine contest of ideas, strong values and competing visions—socialism versus capitalism, big government versus...”

Bills: Social Media Minimum Age Repeal Bill 2025; Second Reading (25 Nov 2025)

“I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to table an explanatory memorandum relating to the bill. Leave granted. I table an explanatory memorandum and seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as follows— Late last year the Parliament passed the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024....”

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• Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — well below average amongst Senators.
• People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 131 times in debates — below average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Ralph Babet's latest interest statementLast updated: 1 Aug 2025