Biography

Parliamentary service

• State: Elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Eastern Victoria, 2014. Retired prior to general elections 2018 to contest election to the House of Representatives for Fraser (Vic.).
• Federal: Elected to the House of Representatives for Fraser, Victoria, following electoral redistribution, 2019. Re-elected 2022.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Select: Workforce Australia Employment Services served from 3.8.2022 to present; Nuclear Energy served from 18.11.2024 to present
• House of Representatives Standing: Economics served from 22.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Economics served from 28.7.2022 to 9.8.2022; Privileges and Members' Interests served from 28.7.2022 to present; Economics served as Chair from 9.8.2022 to present
• Joint Select: Social Media and Australian Society served from 16.5.2024 to 18.11.2024
• Joint Standing: Trade and Investment Growth served from 23.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Treaties served from 28.7.2022 to present
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit served from 28.7.2022 to present; Corporations and Financial Services served from 28.7.2022 to present

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 18.05.2019 to present

Party positions

• Member of the Australian Labor Party Economics Policy Committee (Vic.).
• Delegate to the Australian Labor Party State Conference (Vic.).
• Member of the Australian Labor Party from 1994.

Personal

• Born: 6.11.1969, Brindisi, Italy
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• (BA) (Australian National University).
• (LLB) (Australian National University).
• (MEc) (University of Sydney).
• PhD(Ec) (Yale University).
• Lawyer at the Attorney-General's Department from 1995 to 1996.
• Policy Adviser at the Department of Finance from 1997 to 1998.
• Economist at the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal from 1998 to 1999.

State/Territory Government service

• Elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Eastern Victoria, 2014. Retired prior to general elections 2018 to contest election to the House of Representatives for Fraser (Vic.).
• Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer (Vic.) from 2014 to 2018.

Electorate

• Name: Fraser
• Location: The Division of Fraser consists of: part of the Brimbank City Council, and part of the Maribyrnong City Council.
• Area: 106 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 109,408 (at 11.6.2019)
• Industries: Manufacturing, wholesale trade, construction, transport and warehousing, retail trade, health care and education. Major industrial areas are located in the eastern and southern parts of the division.

Publications

• The Macroeconomics of Aging: The impact of an aging society on capital deepening and international factor flows, Yale University, New Haven (CT), 2005.
• Safety net: the future of welfare in Australia, La Trobe University Press, Collingwood, Vic.: 2022.