Western Australian One Nation Senator Tyron Whitten competed his exit from a successful family construction business on the same day as his maiden speech in federal parliament.
One Nation candidate and civil contractor Tyron Whitten has surpassed Labor in a shock move to secure WA's last Senate spot in the wake of the federal election.
SRG Global has secured a $150 million contract with Fortescue Metals Group while family-owned business Whittens will undertake $30 million worth of works on the Pilbara miner's Iron Bridge project.
Private civil contractor Whittens has secured a $14.4 million construction contract for work associated with Roy Hill Holding's iron ore mine in the East Pilbara.
Perth-based construction company Whittens has won a $22 million contract to provide its services to MACH Energy Australia's Mount Pleasant thermal coal project in NSW.
Sedgman has awarded Perth-based concrete construction group Whittens a multi-million dollar subcontract to provide civil work at Groote Eylandt Mining Company's Manganese mine in the Northern Territory.
Perth civil and construction company Whittens has signed a $25 million contract with NRW for concrete works at the Roy Hill mine site in WA's Pilbara region.
