31. Peter Malinauskas filled the upper house casual vacancy in a joint sitting of the Parliament of South Australia on 1 December. 32. His announcement follows that of Eddie Obeid with Walt Secord and Adam Searle nominated by Labor to fill the casual vacancies . 33. On 3 December 2012, BBC One and BBC Drama commissioned an adaptation of " The Casual Vacancy ". 34. The Attorney-General argued that there was no constitutional duty for casual vacancies to be filled on the following grounds: 35. Less than three months later, Whan was appointed to the Legislative Council to fill a casual vacancy , succeeding Tony Kelly. 36. Robert Simms was appointed to the casual vacancy by a joint sitting of the Parliament of South Australia on 22 September 2015. 37. Kaila requested that a ballot for the position of General Secretary be conducted at the Conference, despite filling a casual vacancy . 38. Shaw was appointed to fill a casual vacancy in the New South Wales Legislative Council in May 1990, representing the Labor Party. 39. This occurred in 1987, when the Tasmanian state parliament refused to appoint the Labor Party's nominee for a casual vacancy . 40. Born in Hobart, he was educated at the University of Tasmania and the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Norm Sanders.