Ralph Babet’s parliamentary expenses for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): $424,944
(1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Position: United Australia Party Whip
Ralph Babet is United Australia Party Whip. Ralph Babet claimed $424,944 in parliamentary expenses over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), which smooths out one-off quarters. That ranks 217th of 226 parliamentarians; the median is $704,511. Latest quarter (Jul–Sep 2026): $90,350. Largest categories: Office Facilities ($170,546); Office Administration ($116,928); Employee Travel ($65,902). Includes family and nominee travel, as in IPEA's own totals.
How these figures differ from IPEA’s
IPEA reports claims quarter by quarter. Political Gadgets adds up the latest four reported quarters to smooth one-off spikes (an election period, an overseas trip), then compares each parliamentarian with the median of all 226 and, for House members, with similar groups. The underlying data is IPEA’s; IPEA is the authoritative source. See IPEA’s Background on Expenditure Reporting.
Comparisons to similar groups
Cluster
Members
Cluster median (last 4 quarters)
This total vs the median
Position: Whip
11
$456,921
$31,977 below this group's median of $456,921
State: VIC
12
$530,292
$105,348 below this group's median of $530,292
Senators are grouped by state or territory and by the highest office they hold (minister, assistant minister, presiding officer, opposition leadership, shadow minister, shadow assistant minister, party leadership, whip, or backbencher); medians use the same rolling four-quarter totals as the headline figure, including family and nominee travel. Clusters with a single member are not shown. Ministry and shadow-ministry roles are from the Parliamentary Handbook.
Ralph Babet's total in each category over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026), compared with the median of all sitting parliamentarians in that category.
Office Facilities – Ralph Babet, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Facilities
$170,546
$188,110
$17,564 below the median of $188,110
Office Facilities - Not stated
$170,546
Office Administration – Ralph Babet, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Office Administration
$116,928
$262,346
$145,418 below the median of $262,346
Printing and Communications
$98,429
Office Consumables and Services
$17,182
Publications
$1,317
Employee Travel – Ralph Babet, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Employee Travel
$65,902
$124,917
$59,015 below the median of $124,917
Domestic Travel
$65,902
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Ralph Babet, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$36,232
$45,732
$9,500 below the median of $45,732
Fares
$36,232
Travel Allowance – Ralph Babet, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Travel Allowance
$18,798
$34,320
$15,522 below the median of $34,320
Travel Allowance
$18,415
Cancelled Accommodation
$383
Other Car Costs – Ralph Babet, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Other Car Costs
$7,390
$28,254
$20,864 below the median of $28,254
Parking
$4,614
Private Vehicle Allowance
$1,588
COMCAR
$1,188
Family or Nominee Travel – Ralph Babet, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Family or Nominee Travel
$6,580
$1,839
$4,741 above the median of $1,839
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$6,580
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Ralph Babet, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$1,655
$340
$1,315 above the median of $340
Parliamentary Duties
$1,655
Telecommunications – Ralph Babet, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
Telecommunications
$1,506
$2,683
$1,177 below the median of $2,683
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$950
Telecommunications - Usage
$556
International Travel – Ralph Babet, for the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026)
Category
Amount
Median
Difference
International Travel
-$594
$0
$594 below the median of $0
Parliamentary Delegations
-$594
Total across all periods: $2,029,831 (1 Jul 2022 – 30 Sep 2026, 17 quarters)
Refunds and credits are netted off. Category names from earlier reporting formats are matched to their current names. Explore quarter by quarter.
Office Facilities – Ralph Babet, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Facilities
$780,881
Office Facilities - Not stated
$780,881
Office Administration – Ralph Babet, all periods
Category
Amount
Office Administration
$494,040
Printing and Communications
$435,606
Office Consumables and Services
$53,491
Publications
$4,943
Employee Travel – Ralph Babet, all periods
Category
Amount
Employee Travel
$393,779
Domestic Travel
$393,779
Scheduled Commercial Transport – Ralph Babet, all periods
Category
Amount
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$161,876
Fares
$161,876
Travel Allowance – Ralph Babet, all periods
Category
Amount
Travel Allowance
$93,390
Travel Allowance
$92,396
Cancelled Accommodation
$994
Other Car Costs – Ralph Babet, all periods
Category
Amount
Other Car Costs
$32,286
COMCAR
$18,304
Parking
$11,411
Private Vehicle Allowance
$2,570
Family or Nominee Travel – Ralph Babet, all periods
Category
Amount
Family or Nominee Travel
$28,849
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$28,849
International Travel – Ralph Babet, all periods
Category
Amount
International Travel
$26,173
Parliamentary Delegations
$26,173
Telecommunications – Ralph Babet, all periods
Category
Amount
Telecommunications
$12,287
Telecommunications - Usage
$8,612
Telecommunications - Residential - Official
$3,675
Unscheduled Commercial Transport – Ralph Babet, all periods
Category
Amount
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$6,269
Parliamentary Duties
$5,189
Electorate Duties
$762
Party Political Duties
$318
What’s included in these figures
The total for Ralph Babet is the sum of all expenses charged to Ralph Babet’s parliamentary office and
reported by the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) over the latest four reported quarters (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026): travel,
office facilities and administration, vehicles, communications and other categories. Refunds and credits
are netted off, so a category can be negative. Family and nominee travel is included, as in
IPEA’s own headline total for a parliamentarian: those claims are attributed to the parliamentarian who made them and shown as their own category,
“Family or Nominee Travel”.
Method and data source
Quarterly claims are taken from IPEA’s open data on
data.gov.au (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia), current to the IPEA release of 11 Nov 2026.
Totals cover the four most recent reported quarters; the median and rank are calculated across all
sitting parliamentarians with claims in the same window. Earlier category names are matched to current ones.
Figures are compiled from IPEA data; IPEA is the authoritative source. Page generated 2026-11-12.
Political Gadgets’ compilation is licensed
CC BY-NC 4.0.
Frequently asked questions
Why four quarters instead of one?
Ralph Babet’s four-quarter total of $424,944 (1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026) smooths out one-off quarters such as an election period or an overseas trip. The latest single quarter (Jul–Sep 2026) was $90,350, against an average of $106,236 a quarter across the window.
What is the median and how is it calculated?
The median is the middle four-quarter total when all 226 sitting parliamentarians are ranked: half claimed less than $704,511 and half more. Ralph Babet’s total of $424,944 is $279,567 below the median of $704,511, which ranks 217th of 226.
Why do some parliamentarians claim much more than others?
IPEA says: “When comparing expenditure between parliamentarians, it is important to take into account the parliamentarian’s role, the size of their electorate, and their electorate’s distance from the closest capital city and Canberra.” Ralph Babet’s largest category over the window was Office Facilities ($170,546).
Is family and nominee travel included?
Yes. Claims for travel by family members or nominees are attributed to the parliamentarian who made them and counted in their total, as in IPEA’s own totals. For Ralph Babet this came to $6,580 over the window.
Expenditure data is compiled by the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) and released under Creative Commons Licence (data.gov.au).
In all fairness there are some good reasons for variance in expenditure. The IPEA points out: "When comparing expenditure between parliamentarians, it is important to take into account the parliamentarian's role, the size of their electorate, and their electorate's distance from the closest capital city and Canberra. Further information on why some offices may have higher travel expenditure can be found on the IPEA website Background on Expenditure Reporting page."
Former members are not included in the totals, rankings or medians shown here.
