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TORONTO, October 5, 2006 – Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund (TSX: MPT.UN – “MPT”, the “Fund”) today announced that it will host its first Analyst Day on Thursday, November 16, 2006.

The event will take place at the Hilton Hotel, in Toronto, Ontario. In addition to presentations by the Fund’s management team, the Analyst Day will offer attendees the opportunity to tour Leisureworld’s long-term care facilities as well as the Cardinal power plant.

Financial analysts and institutional investors interested in attending are encouraged to register as soon as possible. For more information or to RSVP, please visit the event registration site at www.macquarie.com/mpt/analystday06.htm The Fund will also provide a live and archived audio webcast of the Analyst Day for those unable to attend the event in person. Accompanying slide presentations will be available on the Investor Centre section of the Fund’s website at www.macquarie.com/mpt.

About Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund
MPT invests in infrastructure assets with an emphasis on power infrastructure. MPT’s strategy is to acquire and actively manage a high-quality portfolio of long-life infrastructure assets to improve their financial performance and provide growing and sustainable distributions to unitholders for the long term. MPT’s infrastructure portfolio includes Cardinal, a 156MW gasfired cogeneration power station in Ontario, and a 45% interest in Leisureworld, a leading longterm care provider in Ontario with over 30 years operating experience. MPT is managed by a wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie Bank Limited and a member of the Macquarie group. More information can be found at MPT’s website, www.macquarie.com/mpt.

For further information, please contact:

Aaron Boles
Investor Relations
Tel: (416) 649 1325
Email: aboles@capstoneinfra.com