Liverpool. $39 million research facility

Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, and NSW Minister for Health, Carmel Tebbutt, have given planning approval for the construction of the $39 million purpose-built Ingham Health Research Institute, at Liverpool Hospital, boosting plans to make the hospital an important hub for medical research and education. The world-class research facility will be funded by the Commonwealth Government and will bring together more than 200 researchers currently scattered across NSW into one modern, purpose built-building.