The right-leaning nationalist One Nation has capitalised on its increased popular vote in the recent election to double its representation in the Senate.
As final Senate counts concluded on May 29, the minor party won an additional two seats: one in New South Wales, the other in Western Australia.
The results mark its first-ever wins outside Queensland for the federal Senate, alongside party founder Pauline Hanson, and Senator Malcolm Roberts.
Construction Boss Wins WA
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) confirmed construction executive Tyron Whitten had won the state’s sixth and final Senate seat.
One Nation’s Whitten narrowly defeated Labor’s Deep Singh, a former United Workers Union organiser, in a tight preference count.
Whitten co-founded construction services company Whittens in 2001. One Nation describes him as someone who pushes back against “injustice or broken policies.”
He has previously criticised the policy of multi-culturalism, saying new migrants need to assimilate and respect “Australian values” and the “way of life.”
