*Announcements*: ALP has [$20m for a National Centre of Excellence in Water Desalination](http://alp.org.au/media/1107/msiwatloo020.php). That was all I could find…
*Polls*: [AC Nielsen](http://www.theage.com.au/news/federalelection2007news/labor-retains-poll-lead/2007/11/01/1193619061391.html) ALP 55-45. And in [Bennelong](http://www.pollbludger.com/669) it’s ALP 52-48.
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