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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Ralph Babet

IndependentVIC

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$83,261

0.6× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026

Of which $43,584 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $2,623.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $1.8 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $39,677
  2. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $12,500
  3. Employee Travel
    $12,411
  4. Office Administration
    $7,871
  5. Travel Allowance
    $7,202
  6. Other Car Costs
    $1,580
  7. Unscheduled Commercial Transport
    $1,259
  8. Family Travel
    $395

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $39,676.72
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $12,411.37
  3. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $2,395.39
  4. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-01-30
    $1,932.00
  5. Melbourne to Brisbane 15 Dec 25
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Melbourne → Brisbane
    $1,470.22
  6. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-22
    $1,288.00
  7. Brisbane to Canberra 2 Mar 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Brisbane → Canberra
    $1,194.37
  8. Brisbane to Melbourne 15 Dec 25
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Brisbane → Melbourne
    $1,109.10
  9. Canberra to Melbourne 5 Mar 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Canberra → Melbourne
    $1,025.21
  10. Melbourne to Canberra 10 Mar 26
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Melbourne → Canberra
    $1,025.21

Sources

  • Headline, category breakdown, and largest claims: IPEA quarterly expenditure report, 2026Q01 — sourced from data.gov.au/data/organization/ipea.
  • Trend line: same source across 12 quarters (2023Q02 → 2026Q01). Median-MP comparison computed across all parliamentarians active in each quarter.
  • Identity: party, state, electorate, and role are read directly from the source CSV. From 2022Q03 onwards, MPs are tracked by a stable IPEA OfficeCode; earlier rows match by name.
  • Repayments sourced from the IPEA quarterly repayments CSV (available from 2022Q03 onwards). They are reported as a separate line, not netted off the gross total — ReportingPeriodId on a repayment marks when the money was paid back, not when the original claim was made. Adjustments are still not integrated. See methodology for the full list of caveats.