Gina Rinehart gets her boot in, Barnaby Joyce gets attention, and Ralph Babet gets the bill

Babet Tower: As if the Supreme Court’s challenge to Australia’s youth social media ban wasn’t enough, the Albanian government’s flagship technology policy now faces a rebellion from within parliament. On Tuesday, the “Social Media Minimum Age Repeal Act 2025” was introduced in the Senate as a private members bill.

Its main sponsor? close friend cricketRalph Babet of the United Australia Party. In an email to UAP supporters, he seemed almost sensible when criticizing the legislation as “rushed, risky and fundamentally unworkable.”