*Announcements*:
* ALP has policies on [petrol for volunteers ($69m)](http://alp.org.au/media/1007/msloo250.php) and talked about its [broadband package](http://alp.org.au/media/1007/mscoit250.php).
* The Democrats (remember them?) [propose abolishing HECS contributions](http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/25/2070417.htm).
* Coalition just announced some Perth specific stuff (I’m only tracking national announcements here).
*Polls*: [Galaxy senate poll](http://www.getup.org.au/files/media/senatepolloctober07.pdf) shows some strange results.
*Other*: [Paul Keating escapes from the box he was being kept in](http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/25/2070097.htm).
30 days (a [sphenic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenic_number) number) to go.