Ed Husic made history this week by being the first Australian Muslim to be appointed as a front bencher in Australian parliament.
Nevertheless, it is expected that a senior Labour figure, probably from outside the shadow cabinet, will be appointed shortly to front a Labour for AV campaign.
The former Nationals leader was appointed this week to front the Save Our Voices campaign, which argues mergers would allow regional networks to remain competitive in the face of competition from online news organisations, which have no restrictions on their licence areas.
The mood and tone of this revival of The Heiress is wonderfully enhanced by Derek McLane's well-appointed front parlor in the Slopers' Washington Square house, along with Albert Wolsky's mid-19th century costumes and David Landers' warm, gas-lit hues.
She was fast-tracked by Kinnock, who appointed her to the front bench as a Northern Ireland spokeswoman 10 months after her election.
In October 2010 the 63-year-old was appointed to Labour's front bench as a Shadow Defence Minister after holding on to his constituency in the election in May of that year.
First elected to Parliament in 2010 as MP for Leicester West and appointed to the shadow front bench the same year, Ms Kendall is seen as a Blairite contender.
The front rooms, appointed in a warm, wilderness lodge style, reside close to the road so reserve early to request rooms toward the back of the property.
Everything surely has to be transformed now: the methods and policy substance of American progressive politics, its understanding of globalisation, the kind of figures it appoints to its front rank (no more dynasties, please), and the way that it talks to people it once thought of as its natural supporters.
Just how big a task does MySpace's freshly appointed CEO Owen Van Natta have in front of him?
In 2004 the National Party Parliamentary leader Don Brash promoted Key to the Opposition front benches and appointed him the party spokesman for finance.
