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By Tony Moore. Who is Charles "Chuck" Feeney and why is Premier Anna Bligh so keen to be photographed with him?The answer is a $102 million gift the Irish-American billionaire yesterday gave to three Queensland medical research centres to help scientists fight cancer and develop vaccines…

Original Source by Guy Healy THE capacity of Brisbane-based universities and research institutes to conduct advanced medical research would be doubled by the record $102.5 million donation by billionaire philanthropist Chuck Feeney, leading immunologist Ian Frazer said this week. In a surprise move, Queensland Premier…

Fellowship program, driven by $US50 million grant, will drive change from grass roots up to redress social disadvantage