Name Daniel Mulino | Role Politician Party Australian Labor Party | |
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Born 6 November 1969 (age 54) ( 1969-11-06 ) Alma mater Australian National University (BA/LLB) University of Sydney (MEcon)
Yale University (PhD Econ) Education Australian National University, Yale University, University of Sydney | ||
Political party Australian Labor Party | ||
Daniel Mulino (born 6 November 1969) is an Australian politician. He is a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council, having represented Eastern Victoria Region since 2014.
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Early life
Daniel achieved a PhD in economics from Yale University and a Bachelor of Arts/Law (Hons) from the ANU. His research focused on the macroeconomic impacts of an ageing society.
Before Politics
Much of Mulino’s career has been spent working in the area of economic policy. For several years he worked at the Commonwealth Department of Finance and the Attorney-General’s Department. Mulino has also worked widely in the public service, having previously worked as an adviser to Senator Jacinta Collins and as Senior Economics Adviser to Victorian Premier Steve Bracks and Commercial Adviser to Victorian Treasurer John Lenders. Daniel has assisted in the Expenditure Review Committee process on two State Budgets.
Mulino worked as a consultant to the Private Sector Advisory Services Group of the World Bank, in addition to undertaking research into the relationship between international capital flows, migration and the impacts of an ageing society at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve of the United States.
Daniel also Mulino served as the Financial Services and Economic Adviser to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, where he led the establishment of, and the Minister’s interaction with, the Natural Disaster Insurance Review, as well as government’s adoption of the Investment Manager Regime, the key recommendation arising from the Johnson Review into Australia as an international financial centre.
Immediately prior to the 2014 Victorian Election, Mulino was Director of Policy at Pottinger, working on projects to advise the government.
State politics
Mulino was a councillor, deputy mayor and acting mayor at the City of Casey.
Personal life
Mulino won Best Speaker at the World University Debating Championships in 1993 in Oxford.
Daniel is married with a one-year-old daughter and is a passionate supporter of the Carlton Football Club.