PHILANTHROPISTS – AUSTRALIA

Dementia a personal issue for campaigner

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Original article by Rachel Browne
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 11 : 9-Dec-14

Richard Grellman is one of about 30 prominent Australian businesspeople supporting the Dementia Momentum corporate philanthropic endowment. The wife of the AMP Life Insurance, Genworth Mortgage Insurance and Crowe Horwath chair developed young onset Alzheimer’s disease. Another backer of the entity, established to provide funding for research into the affliction, is Anchorage Capital Partners MD Phillip Cave

CORPORATES
DEMENTIA MOMENTUM, AMP LIFE LIMITED, AMP LIMITED – ASX AMP, GENWORTH MORTGAGE INSURANCE AUSTRALIA LIMITED – ASX GMA, CROWE HORWATH AUSTRALASIA LIMITED – ASX CRH, ANCHORAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS PTY LTD, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. CENTRE FOR HEALTHY BRAIN AGEING, AUSTRALIA. NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

Bionic eye closer to trials on humans

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Original article by Bridie Smith
The Age – Page: 8 : 3-Dec-14

Monash University is matching dollar-for-dollar the donations by the charitable foundations of chancellor Alan Finkel and entrepreneur Marc Besen to the Monash Vision Group. The funding of $A3m in total will enable the bionic eye researchers to proceed to human trials in 2015. The expenditure on the project has averaged $A2.5m per annum, but Monash Vision director Arthur Lowery notes that there will be no further grants by the Australian Research Council. Monash Vision is a joint effort of Monash University, Alfred Health, MiniFAB and Grey Innovation

CORPORATES
MONASH VISION PTY LTD, MONASH UNIVERSITY, ALFRED HEALTHCARE GROUP, MINIFAB (AUST) PTY LTD, GREY INNOVATION PTY LTD, BIONIC VISION AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL, AUSTRALIA. NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, BESEN FAMILY FOUNDATION

Forrest outed as loan friend of farmers

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Original article by Andrew Burrell
The Australian – Page: 17 : 1-Aug-14

Fortescue Metals Group chair Andrew Forrest has been revealed as the source of no-interest loans made to drought-affected farmers in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia (WA) during 2010. The well-known philanthropist has since also set up the Australia-Sino 100-Year Agricultural & Food Partnership scheme, which aims to strengthen the ties between local producers and Chinese food companies such as New Hope Group and Wilmar International. Forrest is optimistic Australia can become an even greater supplier of rural commodity exports to China. He has acquired WA meat processing market leader Harvey Beef for $A30m

CORPORATES
FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, HARVEY BEEF, GROUP OF TWENTY (G-20), NEW HOPE GROUP, WILMAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, GOODMAN FIELDER LIMITED – ASX GFF, MEAT AND LIVESTOCK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, WESFARMERS LIMITED – ASX WES, AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY LIMITED – ASX AAC, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF AGRICULTURE, MINDEROO PTY LTD, BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO