Appeal raises $16.4m for kids’ hospital

Victorians have dug deep for the Royal Children’s Hospital, raising a record $16.4 million in the Good Friday Appeal. The total of $16,405,534 eclipsed last year’s record total of $15.82 million. Victorian Premier Denis Napthine did his bit – managing to raise $27,000 in just 30 seconds after reading an advertisement for Chemist Warehouse on radio, while in the Murray River town of Swan Hill a fishing competition was held to raise funds.