Federal Treasurer Peter Costello visited MCRI and RCH in June 2004 to present a cheque for $2.5 million for our international paediatric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) research centre. The new centre will help researchers understand brain development and brain injury, particularly in premature babies.

Peter Costello holds baby Kasey, who is prepared for MRI, while her mother Alicia Belfield looks on

Peter Costello with Patricia Filtness and her baby Brooke

Peter Costello is shown how the MRI operates

Peter Costello fields questions from the media