Babet was born on 29 June 1983 on the remote Indian Ocean island of Rodrigues, part of the Republic of Mauritius.

[7] Babet grew up in Doveton, attending the Holy Family Catholic Primary School and later St John's Regional College in Dandenong.

[8] He holds the degree of Bachelor of Business from Swinburne University of Technology and an advanced diploma in sales and marketing from the Chisholm Institute.

[12] Babet renounced his Mauritian citizenship in March 2022, 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.

[citation needed] While United Australia Party chairman Clive Palmer ran a candidate in every seat and spent a reported $100,000,000 on the campaign, Babet was the sole success for the UAP at the 2022 federal election by taking the sixth Victorian senate seat from the Liberal Party's Greg Mirabella.

[citation needed] On 8 September 2022, the United Australia Party was voluntarily deregistered by the Australian Electoral Commission.

[15] On 9 September 2023, Babet launched a bid in the Federal Court to force the AEC to acknowledge crosses as a no vote for the Indigenous Voice referendum.

[citation needed] On 17 February 2024, Babet appeared in a photo with a member of the National Socialist Network, who was performing a partial Nazi salute.

[21] Following this tweet, Babet was censured by the Australian Senate for "his inflammatory use of hate speech, designed to drive division for his own political benefit".

[34] Babet considered his $200,000 parliamentary salary a "pay cut" and believes that it is too little for the "suffering" that he will endure in parliament and that he would "be happier" staying in Narre Warren running his real estate business.

[39] Neil James, the executive director of the Australian Defence Association, said "misusing the parliamentary exchange program is disgraceful", and that Babet's frequent publication in military wear was "cosplaying".