[2] Pasin has degrees in Law and Economics from Flinders University,[3] and previously served on the Mount Gambier City Council from 2003 to 2010.
A ReachTEL seat-level opinion poll in the safe Liberal seat of Barker of 869 voters conducted by robocall on 20 June during the 2016 election campaign surprisingly found Nick Xenophon Team candidate James Stacey leading Pasin 52–48 on the two-candidate vote.
Seat-level opinion polls in the other two rural Liberal South Australian seats of Mayo and Grey revealed Nick Xenophon Team also leading in both.
[9] On the 21st of November 2024 Pasin was publicly accused in Parliament of deceitful behaviour, secretly recording a conversation between himself and Minister Catherine King without her knowledge or consent.
[10] Pasin later apologised to the Chamber, claiming “unbeknownst to [him]” that a new staffer recorded him around parliament including the Ministerial corridors.