WAVE AID HANDS OVER $2.3 MILLION TO CHARITIES

PETER GARRETT (MIDNIGHT OIL), BEN GILLIES (SILVERCHAIR),
DONNA SIMPSON (THE WAIFS), MISSY HIGGINS and PHIL JAMIESON (THE WRIGHTS, GRINSPOON) this morning handed over cheques worth $576,118.00 each to Marc Thompson from AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS, Andrew Hewett and Adrian Kinslor from OXFAM COMMUNITY AID ABROAD, Carolyn Hardy and Kate Mayhew from UNICEF, and Robert Glasser from CARE AUSTRALIA, for a total donation of $2,304,472.00

[each charity receiving $576,118.00]

THE HON. SANDRA NORI MP, Minister for Tourism and Sport and Recreation and Minister for Women, presented the Wave Aid artists, promoters and managers with certificates of appreciation thanking them for their time and services that made the event possible.
Event Producer MICHAEL CHUGG also acknowledged the many companies and individuals who donated time, products and services, thereby ensuring the success of Wave Aid and its $2.3m donation.