Complex sentence: He was elected member for the New South Wales seat of Charlton at the 2007 election and was immiediately appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement in the First Rudd Ministry on 3 December 2007.
Split into simpler sentences: He was elected member for the New South Wales seat of Charlton at the 2007 election. Combet was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement in the First Rudd Ministry on 3 December 2007.