Let's have a look at the careers of the ALP frontbench:
Mark Latham: Local council Mayor
Jenny Macklin: Advisor and bureaucrat
Anthony Albanese: ALP apparatchik
Arch Bevis: Unionist
Kim Carr: Advisor
Tony Burke: Unionist, advisor
Stephen Conroy: Advisor, unionist
Simon Crean: Unionist
Chris Evans: Apparatchik, unionist
Laurie Ferguson: Unionist
Martin Ferguson: Unionist
Joel Fitzgibbon: Small businessman, Deputy Mayor
Julia Gillard: Advisor
Alan Griffin: Unionist, advisor, councillor
Joe Ludwig: Unionist
Kate Lundy: Unionist
Robert McClelland: Lawyer
Jan McLucas: Unionist
Kerry O'Brien: Unionist, apparatchik
Gavan O'Connor: Teacher, unionist
Tanya Plibersek: Advisor
Nicola Roxon: Lawyer, unionist
Kevin Rudd: Diplomat, advisor, business consultant
Bob Sercombe: Advisor
Nick Sherry: Unionist
Stephen Smith: Apparatchik, advisor
Wayne Swan: Advisor, apparatchik
Kelvin Thomson: Bureaucrat
Penny Wong: Unionist, advisor, lawyer