Victorian Opposition Leader pledges $10.4 million for proton beam therapy to treat cancer at Peter MacCallum Centre

Key points

• Victorian Opposition Leader Jess Wilson has pledged $10.4 million to establish proton beam therapy at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne. Wilson made the promise for the coalition's November state election campaign and called on the federal government to commit funding too.
• The centre is seeking $10.4 million each from the Victorian and federal governments, with a further $10 million to come from hospital foundations.
• A family who travelled overseas for their three-year-old daughter's brain cancer treatment joined Wilson at the announcement.