He is the party's only current federal elected representative. Prior to entering politics he was a real estate agent. He spoke French as his first language. On Christmas Day in Toorak , Babet was charged with criminal damage. On 6 March , a criminal damage charge was recorded but no conviction was given by the Melbourne Magistrates' Court. He was instead ordered to participate in a diversion program. On 6 September , he was charged with unlawful assault in South Melbourne.
Babet pleaded guilty to the charges at the Melbourne Magistrates Court on 22 August Together with his brother Matt, Babet runs a real estate firm. Babet was on the committee of the Australian Sovereignty Party in The party never contested any elections.
Babet renounced his Mauritian citizenship in March , just under a month before the federal election was called to avoid being disqualified from the Australian Parliament by Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia. On 9 October , Babet and Palmer appealed the case with the full Federal Court and lost unanimously. On 17 February , Babet appeared in a photo with a member of the National Socialist Network , who was performing a partial Nazi salute. On 10 November , Babet again drew controversy when he tweeted racial and homophobic slurs.
Babet says that he stands for freedom and individual liberties. During the campaign he said his first order of business will be to push for a Bill of Rights. Babet says he is "not happy" with transgender issues being taught at schools, saying he disagrees with "little boys and girls being taught that you can be a boy one day and a girl the next day".
Babet has promoted a number of conspiracy theories, including that the election was going to be rigged. Babet has been openly critical of the "billionaire circus" that he perceives to be the World Economic Forum, while at the same time praising some billionaires including Clive Palmer, who funded the electoral campaign which won Babet's seat, and Elon Musk. Babet opposed the Voice to Parliament. Babet considers voluntary euthanasia "murder", calling it a "darkness that will engulf us all". Babet is critical of the Australian Government's proposed legislation to ban children under 16 from social media, [ 37 ] tweeting that the "authoritarian measures are a Trojan Horse" to "wield the big stick over Australian citizens and control what we do".
