Service Responsibilities Background Public records Declared interests Sources & image Federal parliamentary service 1 years 3 month(s) and 28 days. Duration reported by the Parliamentary Handbook · 28 Oct 2026
Current ministry / shadow entries 0 Includes office-holder entries such as Cabinet membership; not a count of distinct policy areas.
Parliamentary service First entered federal Parliament: 1 July 2025 .
Service periods below follow the Handbook’s election and service boundaries. The source-reported duration above is shown separately from our interval calculation.
1 July 2025 – Current Senate Elected to the Senate for Western Australia, 2025.
Current responsibilities Ministry and shadow ministry No current ministry or shadow-ministry appointment is recorded in this Handbook snapshot.
Parliamentary and party offices No additional current parliamentary or party office is recorded in this import.
These are the Handbook’s dated appointments. Party spokespeople and committee memberships outside these records need their own source checks.
Background before Parliament Qualifications recorded by Parliament No qualification is listed in the imported record.
Occupations recorded by Parliament Business Owner in Civil Construction Appointment history View 0 dated office and portfolio entries No appointment history is recorded.
Reported parliamentary expenses Summary verification pending Reported office expenditure April–June 2026 · 2026Q02
A matching record has been staged, but its official summary comparison is not complete. We are withholding the amount until that check passes.
No figure is shown. This does not mean zero spending, missing a declaration or wrongdoing. Salary, office expenditure and declared assets are different records.
Check IPEA’s official expenditure summary A source match, reporting period and summary reconciliation are required before an amount appears here.
Public financial records Statutory base salary $239,270 AUD per year Base rate effective 30 Aug 2026. This excludes role additions, allowances and personal tax circumstances.
Electorate allowance $39,700 AUD per financial year under the senator rate.
Tribunal determination · sections 7–8 Checked 28 Oct 2026. Additional offices not matched above remain unverified. A base-only figure is not a verified total salary. Actual expense claims are separate records.
A salary rate, expense entitlement, reported office cost and declared asset are different records. Uncollected information is not a zero value.
Declared assets & interests Public source records · editorial review pending Initial declaration and later notifications are shown as separate records. These are not a reconstructed list of current holdings or a wealth estimate.
Source update (as supplied): 6/4/2026 4:41:28 PM. Retrieved 2026-10-28. 4 entries withheld pending privacy review. Property locations omitted; family references and possible street addresses withheld for review.
Declaration category All categories Property Shares & investments Trusts Directorships Liabilities Gifts & travel Other interests 21 source entries shown. One entry can describe several interests.
Property Initial declaration · 8/18/2025 2:00:00 PM Investment (jointly held)
Joint interest indicated · current ownership not inferred Property Initial declaration · 8/18/2025 2:00:00 PM Investment (jointly held)
Joint interest indicated · current ownership not inferred Property Deletion notification · 2026-06-04T08:00:00Z Upper Swan, WA Investment (jointly held)
Joint interest indicated · current ownership not inferred Shares & investments Initial declaration · 8/18/2025 2:00:00 PM Whittens Group Pty Ltd
Not classified · current ownership not inferred Shares & investments Initial declaration · 8/18/2025 2:00:00 PM Whitten Bros Investments Pty Limited
Not classified · current ownership not inferred Shares & investments Initial declaration · 8/18/2025 2:00:00 PM DCF Global Pty Ltd
Not classified · current ownership not inferred Shares & investments Initial declaration · 8/18/2025 2:00:00 PM Fremantle Seaweed Pty Ltd
Not classified · current ownership not inferred Shares & investments Initial declaration · 8/18/2025 2:00:00 PM Vanable Fitouts Pty Ltd
Not classified · current ownership not inferred Shares & investments Initial declaration · 8/18/2025 2:00:00 PM Sky Energy Investments Pty Ltd
Not classified · current ownership not inferred Shares & investments Deletion notification · 2026-06-04T08:00:00Z Whittens Group Pty Ltd
Not classified · current ownership not inferred Shares & investments Deletion notification · 2026-06-04T08:00:00Z Whitten Bros Investments Pty Limited
Not classified · current ownership not inferred Directorships Initial declaration · 8/18/2025 2:00:00 PM Hillbilly Oysters Pty Ltd · Trustee company
Not classified · current ownership not inferred Directorships Initial declaration · 8/18/2025 2:00:00 PM T & A Whitten Holdings Pty Limited · Trustee company
Not classified · current ownership not inferred Directorships Initial declaration · 8/18/2025 2:00:00 PM Whitten Bros Investments Pty Limited · Former investment
Not classified · current ownership not inferred Directorships Addition notification · 2026-01-22T06:00:00Z Became director of T & A Whitten Holdings Pty Ltd
Not classified · current ownership not inferred Liabilities Initial declaration · 8/18/2025 2:00:00 PM Car loan · Plenti
Not classified · current ownership not inferred Liabilities Initial declaration · 8/18/2025 2:00:00 PM Car loan · Resimac
Not classified · current ownership not inferred Other interests Initial declaration · 8/18/2025 2:00:00 PM Trust distributions
Not classified · current ownership not inferred Gifts & travel Addition notification · 2025-10-09T07:00:00Z 3 Cartons of Beer from the Brewers Association.
Not classified · current ownership not inferred Gifts & travel Addition notification · 2025-09-01T22:00:00Z Virgin Australia Beyond Lounge
Not classified · current ownership not inferred Gifts & travel Addition notification · 2025-09-01T22:00:00Z Qantas Chairman's Lounge
Not classified · current ownership not inferred Original public Senate data Matched using Parliament ID, statement ID, name and state. Direct structured data; no AI transcription. Independent source-content review remains pending.
Public websites & social accounts Open Parliamentary Handbook Social accounts and contact channels will appear here once ownership is checked against source links.
