ASFA View

Income inequality and retirees

In recent months there has been considerable attention given to developments in income inequality in Australia. The Productivity Commission (PC) in a research paper released in August examined recent evidence

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Living or just surviving

It is perhaps a bit sad but, along with the Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers, one of the things that I look forward to each year is the release of the

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Two cheers for APRA

I seem to have spent a lot of time recently reminding people of the virtues and strengths of Australia’s superannuation system in the face of doubts and questions raised by

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Projecting the future

Long term projections are by their very nature challenging to prepare. They are very dependent on the assumptions that are made. Dealing with future risks and uncertainties is also crucial.

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Daniel Mulino MP

Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services

Sessions

Keynote 8 – Navigating the energy transition: opportunities, investor strategies and policy needs

Born in Brindisi, Italy, Daniel was a young child when he moved with his family to Australia. He grew up in Canberra and completed his first degrees – arts and law – at the ANU. He then completed a Master of Economics (University of Sydney) and a PhD in economics from Yale.

He lectured at Monash University, was an economic adviser in the Gillard government and was a Victorian MP from 2014 to 2018. As Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer of Victoria, Daniel helped deliver major infrastructure projects and developed innovative financing structures for community projects.

In 2018 he was preselected for the new federal seat of Fraser and became its first MP at the 2019 election, re-elected in 2022 and 2025. From 2022 to 2025, Daniel was chair of the House of Representatives’ Standing Economics Committee in which he chaired inquiries; economic dynamism, competition and business formation and insurers’ responses to 2022 major floods claims.

In 2025, he became the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services.

In August 2022, Daniel published ‘Safety Net: The Future of Welfare in Australia’, which aims to explore the ways in which an insurance approach can improve the effectiveness of government service delivery.