Media & Announcements
2023
For media enquiries from 2023 please contact: Isabella Zaini (nee Robinson) Communications and Media Officer on 1800 501 269.
Charlie’s Village Story
9News Queensland
Dec 8th, 2023
In an Australian first, a Brisbane hospital is revolutionising the care dementia patients receive if they have to stay in hospital.
Ekka Strawberry Sundaes Coverage
7News Brisbane
July 13th, 2023
7NEWS reveals the secrets behind the Ekka’s famous strawberry sundaes
7NEWS can reveal the secrets behind how they’re really made and show you what the proceeds help fund.
Ekka Strawberry Sundaes Coverage
7News Brisbane
May 18th, 2023
The Ekka is still a few months away but preparations are already underway for 2023’s show.
The first batch of the famous strawberry sundae has been poured.
Australian Unity Tour de Brisbane coverage
9News – Bulletin
April 2, 2023
7,000 people participating in annual cycling event, Australian Unity Tour de Brisbane for a good cause.
Australian Unity Tour de Brisbane event riders shut down the biggest and busiest roads to help ride for transplant research.
Australian Unity Tour de Brisbane
TODAY Show
April 2, 2023
7,000 people participating in annual cycling event, Australian Unity Tour de Brisbane for a good cause.
Australian Unity Tour de Brisbane event riders shut down the biggest and busiest roads to help ride for transplant research.
Going for Gold!
Studio 10
March 30, 2023
Aussie dad Rob Hodgson riding 80km virtually live to help raise money for transplant research.
Aussie dad Rob helping raise money 3 months post transplant recovery to help inspire and make an impact to those who are also touched by transplant research.
Huge fundraiser to help Caboolture kids
Moreton Daily
March 16, 2023
Coles’ new supermarket at Caboolture Big Fish has helped launched an annual fundraiser for Curing Homesickness to help sick children in two hospitals.
Funds raised from today until March 28, at Coles supermarkets in Queensland, will buy vital medical equipment at Caboolture Hospital and The Prince Charles Hospital.
Pedaling For Fun and For Funding
Courier Mail
March 1, 2023
Thousands of cyclists will take to the streets this Sunday for the fourth annual Australian Unity Tour de Brisbane.
The event will aim to raise funds to support transplant research through The Common Good, run by The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation. There are number of different events for all levels of cyclists, including 10km, 50km Short Ride, 80km Medium Ride, 110km Gran Fondo Long Ride and Sprint Duathlon.
Tradie Health Institute:
Protecting the health of our nation’s tradies
Master Builder Magazine
January 2023 Edition
When you Google “cure for silicosis”, result after result will tell you there isn’t one.
But what if you didn’t settle for that answer? At The Common Good, the doctors and researchers won’t. Their team believe something can be done to create better health outcomes for our tradies and their loved ones.
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Dismantling barriers of distance – World-first technology saves life of Perth woman and gives new hope to Australians waiting for a heart transplant
January 31, 2023
The success of a clinical trial using world-first heart transplant technology to keep hearts ‘alive’ for longer means that more Australians needing a lifesaving heart transplant can now receive a second chance at life.
The project led by The Prince Charles Hospital’s Critical Care Research Group (CCRG) and supported by medical research charity The Common Good, is responsible for pioneering the use of Hypothermic Ex Vivo Perfusion (HEVP) to transport donor hearts, using a solution rich in oxygen and nutrients that keeps a heart ‘alive’ and healthy outside of the body.
Living Heart Project
10 News First (Channel 10) –
January 31, 2023
10 News First reports on The Living Heart Project discussing new world first technology that saved lives like Alex Moroianu and the possibility of many more.
Construction industry leaders back workplace health and safety
Build Australia –
January 31, 2023
Some of Australia’s biggest companies across construction, mining and agriculture have announced a funding partnership with medical research charity The Common Good to create the Tradie Health institute.
Companies were invited to become founding partners of this world-first initiative due to their commitment to health and safety programs on their work sites.
Living Heart Project
Sunrise (Channel 7) –
January 30, 2023
Sunrise morning presenters David Kochie and Natalie Barr discuss the impact of Living Heart Project with Professor John Fraser and heart transplant recipient Alex Moroianu.
‘I was so pale that I was see-through’
The Australian –
January 28, 2023
Alexandra Moroianu was not sure she would make it. But an extraordinary invention, initiated by a Swedish professor and advanced by Australian doctors, changed the game of organ transplants.
Transplanted hearts kept viable longer between donor and recipient, thanks to new technology
ABC News –
January 28, 2023
The Living Heart Project uses a new technology keeping hearts viable for longer.
Alex was one of 36 people in the first phase of the HEVP clinical trial. Alex advocates the new technology that gave her the ability to live longer.
The Common Good Welcomes Three New Board Members
January 25, 2023
The Common Good, an initiative of The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation, is pleased to announce the new appointments of Shannon Willoughby, Corinne Mulholland, and Martin Rowen to its Board of Directors.
The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation Chair Christopher Morton welcomed the new appointments to the Board.