Labor spokesperson ( now federal attorney general ) Nicola Roxon has previously said that reform will " always fail if we seek to inflict a certain option on the public without their involvement.

* Nicola Roxon introduced plain packaging in Australia

The Gippsland Medical School, offering postgraduate entry Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery ( MBBS ) courses was officially opened by the Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon on 5 June 2008, providing students with a unique opportunity to learn medicine in a rural setting working with rural practitioners.

He retained this portfolio under the prime ministership of Julia Gillard until 14 December 2011, when he was replaced by Nicola Roxon, who became Australia's first woman to serve as Attorney-General.

Footscray falls within the federal electorate of Gellibrand ( currently held by the ALP's Nicola Roxon ) and the state electorate of Footscray ( currently held by the ALP's Marsha Thomson ), and the City of Maribyrnong at local level.

Her niece Nicola Roxon, the Australian politician, is currently the federal Attorney-General.

The Home Affairs portfolio is part of the Attorney-General's Department, overseen by Attorney-General Nicola Roxon.

Altona Meadows falls within the federal electorate of Gellibrand ( currently held by the ALP's Nicola Roxon ), the state electorate of Altona, as well as the local Council area of the City of Hobsons Bay.

Its most prominent members have been Ralph Willis, a Cabinet minister in the Hawke and Keating governments, and Nicola Roxon, a Cabinet minister in the Rudd Government and the first and second Gillard Governments.

In 2008, she was appointed by Nicola Roxon, the Minister of Health, to the External Reference Group developing the National Primary Health Care Strategy.

Nicola Roxon, the Attorney-General of Australia, blocked the Shenzhen-based corporation Huawei from seeking a supply contract for the National Broadband Network, on the advise of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.

* Burley Cross Postbox Theft ( 2010 ) by Nicola Barker is a polylogic epistolary novel consisting of a bundle of 26 undelivered letters stolen from a mailbox in the titular village of Burley Cross.

There is little doubt that Pacini and his contemporary Nicola Vaccai exerted a stronger influence on Bellini than has been credited before.

A late Hellenistic funerary monument erroneously labelled the " Tomb of Theron " is situated just outside the sacred area, and a 1st-century AD heroon ( heroic shrine ) adjoins the 13th century Church of San Nicola a short distance to the north.

A marble statue of the apostle San Bartolomeo, by Nicola da Monteforte, is also from the 14th century.

The main attraction of Campobasso is the Castello Monforte, built in 1450 by the local ruler Nicola II Monforte, over Lombard or Norman ruins.

The characters have typically Amisian names and broad caricatured qualities: Keith Talent, the lower-class crook with a passion for darts ; Nicola Six, a femme fatale who is determined to be murdered ; and upper-middle-class Guy Clinch, " the fool, the foil, the poor foal " who is destined to come between the other two.

" A more precise description of just what Pope Nicholas ordered constructed is found in the writings of the Viterbese chronicler Nicola della Tuccia, who, in the 1470s, described the new Bagno del Papa as a battlemented building about 30 x 20 m in size with high towers at the corners of its southern facade.

Leading up to the Civil War Nicola Marschall ( 1829-1917 ), a German-American artist, is generally credited with designing both the first official Confederate flag and the grey Confederate army uniform while a teacher at the old Marion Female Seminary.

( in the film, Nicola is a little girl who keeps contradicting everything the other characters say ).

Though Polydor's American branch is defunct, in the United Kingdom Polydor remains one of the strongest labels in the country — with artists such as Esmée Denters, Take That, Girls Aloud, N-Dubz, La Roux, Cheryl Cole, Nicola Roberts, Duffy, Klaxons, Delphic, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Saturdays, James Morrison, Kaiser Chiefs, Boyzone, Alphabeat, The Courteeners, S Club 7, S Club 8, Rachel Stevens and Ellie Goulding.

Nicola Stilo ( born 1956 in Italy ), is a jazz and pop instrumentalist, specialising in flute, guitar and piano.

Nicoleta Alexandru ( born 5 November 1968 ), whose stage name is Nicola, is a Romanian singer, best known for representing her country at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest.

Nicola Pisano ( also called Niccolò Pisano, Nicola de Apulia or Nicola Pisanus ; c. 1220 / 1225 – c. 1284 ) was an Italian sculptor whose work is noted for its classical Roman sculptural style.

" The head of a young girl " ( now displayed in the Museo del Palazzo Venezia in Rome ), cut in hardstone of Elba, is also ascribed to Nicola Pisano in the same period.

Nicola Pisano is thought to have died either around 1278 or in 1284 when Giovanni took up residence in Siena.

* March 4: Rescue of Giuliana Sgrena: Liberation of Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena, during which secret Italian agent Nicola Calipari is killed by US fire.

It is one of the Italian male names ending in a, with others being Elia ( Elias ), Enea ( Aeneas ), Luca ( Lucas ), Mattia ( Matthias ), Nicola ( Nicholas ), Tobia ( Tobias ).

Nicola Furlong is a Canadian novelist who lives in Sidney, British Columbia.

He is one of the founding members and a current board member of the Nicola Valley Museum and Archives.

Nicola Treehill is a former weaver from Ghealdan, who was engaged to a man named Hyran.

In more recent times, the University boasts one of Europe's largest collections of life scientists, as well as having been the training ground of numerous politicians, including former First Minister Donald Dewar, fomer leader of the Liberal Democrats and current Rector of the University Charles Kennedy, Liam Fox, John Smith, Sir Menzies Campbell and current Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

Married to the heiress Nicola Miner ( daughter of Oracle Corporation cofounder Bob Miner ), he is a former board member of the San Francisco Opera, and a current board member for SFJAZZ.

It was replaced by the current Romanesque structure in 1921, located at Nicola St. and 3rd Ave.

The current MP is Nicola Blackwood of the Conservative Party, first elected at the 2010 general election.

The latter two completed his design for an altarpiece of the Vision of Saint Nicholas ( San Nicola da Tolentino, Rome ) using two separate marble pieces linked together in one event and place, yet successfully separating the divine and earthly spheres.

* Penny Florence and Nicola Foster ( eds.

* 1713 – Nicola Sala, Italian composer and music theorist ( d. 1801 )

* Nicola Melis, “ Il concetto di ğihād ”, in P. Manduchi ( a cura di ), Dalla penna al mouse.

* Nicola Melis, “ Lo statuto giuridico degli ebrei dell ’ Impero Ottomano ”, in M. Contu – N. Melis – G. Pinna ( a cura di ), Ebraismo e rapporti con le culture del Mediterraneo nei secoli XVIII-XX, Giuntina, Firenze 2003.

* Nicola Melis, Trattato sulla guerra.

* Watson, Nicola J., and Michael Dobson.

* 1677 – Nicola Fago, Italian Baroque composer and teacher ( d. 1745 )

A further variation was used by Nicola Murray, a fictional government minister, in the third series finale of The Thick of It.

* 1678 – Nicola Francesco Haym, Italian composer and musician ( d. 1729 )

* Nicola Terzaghi's edition, published by Chiantore in Turin ca.

* 1920 – Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.

* 2005 – Nicola Calipari, Italian secret service agent ( b. 1953 )

* 1877 – Enrico De Nicola, 1st President of the Italian Republic ( d. 1959 )

Among his sons, Giacomo ( died 1379 ) was created cardinal by Gregory XI in 1371, while Nicola ( August 27, 1331 – February 14, 1399 ) obtained the counties of Ariano and Celano.

Blessed Pope Benedict XI ( 1240 – 7 July 1304 ), born Nicola Boccasini, was Pope from 22 October 1303 until his death.

He was born to a recently ennobled family of Venice, received a Jesuit education in Bologna and became a Cardinal-Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere in 1737.

* The Teatro Regio (" Royal Theatre "), built in 1821 – 1829 by Nicola Bettoli.

For information on specific theorists, see Johannes Tinctoris, Franchinus Gaffurius, Heinrich Glarean, Pietro Aron, Nicola Vicentino, Tomás de Santa María, Gioseffo Zarlino, Vicente Lusitano, Vincenzo Galilei, Giovanni Artusi, Johannes Nucius, and Pietro Cerone.

Gilliam's long-time director of photography Nicola Pecorini has said, " with Terry and me, a long lens means something between a 40mm and a 65mm.