Ralph Babet

We estimate Ralph Babet received a parliamentary salary of: $239,270

Based on the Remuneration Tribunal base salary of $239,270 plus any additional allowance for ministerial, shadow or office-holder roles held at time of generation.

• Latest quarter total: $83,948
• Parliamentary Duties: $1,259
• Office Consumables and Services: $882
• Printing and Communications: $6,885
• Publications: $104
• Telecommunications - Residential - Official: $232
• Telecommunications - Usage: $133
• Parking: $911
• Private Vehicle Allowance: $556
• COMCAR: $341
• Travel Allowance: $7,673
• Cancelled Accommodation: $383
• Fares: $12,500
• Domestic Travel: $12,411
• Office Facilities - Not stated: $39,677

• Payman, Thorpe and Faruqi demand Labor change parliamentary rules to counter ‘overt’ racism
• ACCC calls emergency meeting with fuel suppliers – as it happened
• Major parties knock back inquiry into racism and sexism in the Senate – as it happened
• Morning Mail: Trump says ’too late’ for talks with Iran, energy shock fear, finding the perfect muesli bar
• Ralph Babet refuses to accept sanction over ‘offensive’ and ‘disrespectful’ comments on social media
• PM tables election review in question time – as it happened
• Man arrested over alleged antisemitic speech at protest in Sydney – As it happened
• Tenacious D will return: Jack Black and Kyle Gass ‘hashed it out’ after Trump joke controversy
• David Pocock says PM ‘seems to be holding up’ gambling ad reform – as it happened
• Pauline Hanson suspended from Senate over burqa stunt as Mehreen Faruqi says parliament ‘drips in racism’

• Senate censures Lidia Thorpe for disupting King’s reception and Ralph Babet for posting hate speech (2024-11-18)
  Michelle Grattan
  The Senate has censured two of its own, Lidia Thorpe and Ralph Babet, both of whom were absent when the votes were taken because of problems with their flights to Canberra.
• Labor and Albanese recover in Newspoll as Dutton falls, but the Voice’s slump continues (2023-09-24)
  Adrian Beaumont
  The prime minister’s approval ratings have turned around from the last Newspoll - but the “yes” campaign for the Voice referendum continues to struggle.
• View from The Hill: An ugly fracas in the Senate leads to suspension of Lidia Thorpe (2024-11-27)
  Michelle Grattan
  Wednesday in the Senate saw one of the ugliest incidents in recent memory in that chamber. Which lead to Senator Lidia Thorpe being temporarily suspended.
• Final Senate results: Labor, the Greens and David Pocock will have a majority of senators (2022-07-25)
  Adrian Beaumont
  This is an important win for the Albanese government, as it means it can pass legislation with the agreement of the Greens and one other.
• Is this the end of the two-party system in Australia? The Greens, teals and others shock the major parties (2022-05-21)
  Susan Harris Rimmer
  It’s projected over one-third of voters chose not to vote for the major parties.
• Government pulls teeth of Australian Building and Construction Commission (2022-07-24)
  Michelle Grattan
  The government this week will take the first step in killing off the controversial Australian Building and Construction Commission by stripping back its powers “to the bare legal minimum”. The government…
• Clive Palmer and One Nation flopped at the election. What happened? (2022-05-25)
  Benjamin Moffitt
  An expert on populism gives 6 reasons why these minor parties failed to gain electoral success.
• Coalition leading narrowly in four polls and would likely win an election held now (2025-02-17)
  Adrian Beaumont
  Results from NewsPoll, Morgan, YouGov and RedBridge all put the Coalition ahead.
• Federal election feel like ages ago? Parliament is now back. Here’s your political refresher (2025-07-22)
  Jill Sheppard, Pat Leslie
  The 48th parliament is about to begin. Here’s who will be there, what’s on the agenda, and the political and policy challenges ahead.
• Grattan on Friday: Election delivered bonanza of crossbenchers but what impact will they make? (2022-06-30)
  Michelle Grattan
  David Pocock, the progressive independent who broke the Liberals’ stranglehold on one of the two ACT Senate seats, wouldn’t have expected to find himself allied with Pauline Hanson before even being sworn in
• Grattan on Friday: Aston byelection will test Peter Dutton’s ability to campaign on Victoria’s tough terrain (2023-02-09)
  Michelle Grattan
  Now Peter Dutton faces his own Aston test, which comes with risks and opportunities.
• Grattan on Friday: Don Farrell has an electoral reform blueprint, but it could be a rough road to implementation (2024-07-11)
  Michelle Grattan
  The far-reaching electoral reforms, which Farrell aims to bring to parliament in the fortnight sitting. Its seems unlikely to be in place for the coming election, due by May next year.
• Australia’s embrace of independent political candidates shows there’s no such thing as a safe seat (2025-03-27)
  Joshua Black
  The surge of successful independent MPs at the 2022 election shows no sign of changing – and in fact may grow more powerful still.