He was Minister for the Environment in the Whitlam government for several months in 1975, later serving a decade as Attorney-General of Western Australia.

Berinson was born on 7 January 1932 in his family home in Highgate, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth.

[1][2]: 3  His parents were Shulem (Samuel) Berinson, a master baker, and Rivka (Rebecca) née Finkelstein,[3][4] both of whom were Palestinian Jews from the city of Safed.

Forrest Place was the location of many political speeches and rallies, including by Prime Ministers Ben Chifley and Robert Menzies.

[2]: 3 [3][5] On 9 September 1958, Berinson married Jeanette Bekhor, whom he met at the Zionist Youth League, at the Perth Synagogue.

[3][4] In the 1962 state election, Berinson unsuccessfully stood for the unwinnable electoral district of Mount Lawley, being beaten by the Liberal Party's Ray O'Connor.

He finished the degree by the end of 1970, winning the H. C. F. Keall Prize for best fourth-year law student and the J.

[7] He was then appointed Minister for the Environment in July 1975, serving until the government's dismissal on 11 November 1975 and then losing his seat in the December 1975 election.