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10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><br> </span><span class=3Dbyd1><span style=3D'font-size:8.5pt;font-family:= Verdana'>BBC, <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Sydney</st1:place></st1:= City> </span></span><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p></o:p= ></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdan= a; color:black'><![if !vml]><img border=3D0 width=3D66 height=3D1 src=3D"BBCNEWSWorldAsia-PacificIrvingtriestocalmdamprotests_files/image= 026.gif" v:shapes=3D"_x0000_i1049"><![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <table class=3DMsoNormalTable border=3D0 cellspacing=3D0 cellpadding=3D0 align=3Dright width=3D193 style=3D'width:145.0pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;m= so-table-lspace: 2.25pt;mso-table-rspace:2.25pt;mso-table-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-table-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-table-left:right;mso-table-top: middle;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:ye= s'> <td width=3D192 style=3D'width:144.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=3DMsoNormal><![if !vml]><img border=3D0 width=3D207 height= =3D160 src=3D"BBCNEWSWorldAsia-PacificIrvingtriestocalmdamprotests_files/ima= ge028.jpg" v:shapes=3D"_x0000_i1050"><![endif]><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verda= na; color:#666666'>The Rural Dam project comes to a standstill in the fac= e of protests from the local wildlife.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=3D10 style=3D'width:7.2pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verd= ana; color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Ver= dana; color:black'>John Irving has allegedly sacked at least one builder and temporarily suspended work on a controversial dam after one of the larg= est rural protests in recent years. </span></b><span style=3D'font-size:10.= 0pt; font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Tens of thousands of fa= rmers and otters staged violent protests over the Rural Dam project, in deepe= st <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Victoria</st1:City>, <st1:country-reg= ion w:st=3D"on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></s= pan></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>A string of large prote= sts in recent weeks have demonstrated the depth of grievances in rural <st1:Ci= ty w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Melbourne</st1:place></st1:City>. <o= :p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Three weeks ago, tens of thousands of otters in <st1:State w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Vi= ctoria</st1:place></st1:State> rioted over plans to build a dam that would flood them off their land. = <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>They were angry at inad= equate compensation, and that local officials had not paid any heed to their objections. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Stability pact </spa= n></b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>At least one person was killed, and thousands of paramilitary police deployed to restore order.= <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Now, however, central government has intervened, forcing John Irving into sacking at least one builder’s mate and promising to halt work on the dam temporarily.= <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>It is part of a strateg= y some describe as "buying <span class=3DGramE>stability",</span> or offering concessions at a local level to restore order. <o:p></o:p></sp= an></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>But this approach also = sends out the message that large-scale protests are the best way to solve grievan= ces. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <table class=3DMsoNormalTable border=3D0 cellspacing=3D0 cellpadding=3D0 align=3Dright width=3D146 style=3D'width:109.5pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;m= so-table-overlap: never;mso-table-lspace:2.25pt;mso-table-rspace:2.25pt;mso-table-anchor= -vertical: paragraph;mso-table-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-table-left:right; mso-table-top:26.55pt;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:ye= s; height:161.75pt'> <td width=3D146 style=3D'width:109.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height= :161.75pt'> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verd= ana; color:black'><a href=3D"http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/email/news.bbc.co.= uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4021901.stm" target=3DMailer></a></span><![if !vml]><img border=3D0 width=3D146 height= =3D183 src=3D"BBCNEWSWorldAsia-PacificIrvingtriestocalmdamprotests_files/ima= ge047.jpg" v:shapes=3D"_x0000_i1051"><![endif]><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verda= na; color:#666666'>The evacuation of the lower level villages begins with= the women and children first.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>In recent weeks, several incidences of large-scale civil unrest have broken out around the <st1:= City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Irving</st1:place></st1:City> countr= y estate, whilst in low lying <span class=3DGramE>areas,</span> families flee an otherwise watery future. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Dozens of families have= had to be evacuated from the area, leaving pet stick insects and koalas beh= ind to their watery fate.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Figures show that prote= sts in <span class=3DSpellE>Croydon</span> are growing in size and frequency, = as the gap between wet and dry widens, and people express their frustration wi= th local corruption.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>John Ir= ving denies having had to bribe local officials to get planning permission, though eyebrows were raised at his recent tax returns on behalf of lead= ing members of the mafia community, masquerading as the Antipodean Caledoni= an Appreciation Society.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <table class=3DMsoNormalTable border=3D0 cellspacing=3D0 cellpadding=3D0 align=3Dright width=3D193 style=3D'width:145.0pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;m= so-table-overlap: never;mso-table-lspace:2.25pt;mso-table-rspace:2.25pt;mso-table-anchor= -vertical: paragraph;mso-table-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-table-left:right; mso-table-top:14.5pt;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:ye= s'> <td width=3D193 style=3D'width:145.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=3DMsoNormal><![if !vml]><img border=3D0 width=3D192 height= =3D146 src=3D"BBCNEWSWorldAsia-PacificIrvingtriestocalmdamprotests_files/ima= ge048.jpg" v:shapes=3D"_x0000_i1052"><![endif]><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verda= na; color:#666666'>The defiant accountant turned would-be water magnate, = John Irving, is holed up in his panic room until the dam protests die down= .<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>While these protests do= not yet threaten barbeque party rule, they are deeply unsettling for the <s= t1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Irving</st1:place></st1:City>'s family’s authoritarian leader. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>“The damn dam pro= ject will continue nevertheless!” said a defiant <st1:place w:st=3D"on= "><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Irving</st1:City></st1:place> in a recent interview from h= is hideaway office in the bush.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>“All I need now is the <span class=3DGramE>water,</span> everything else is ready for my boating lake to take shape.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I hope it rains for 40 days an= d 40 nights”.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style=3D'margin-top:3.75pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt'> <table class=3DMsoNormalTable border=3D0 cellspacing=3D0 cellpadding=3D= 0 width=3D416 style=3D'width:312.0pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm= 0cm'> <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:ye= s'> <td width=3D213 style=3D'width:159.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=3DMsoNormal><![if !vml]><a href=3D"http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/email/news.bbc.co.= 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<table class=3DMsoNormalTable border=3D0 cellspacing=3D0 cellpadding=3D0 = width=3D629 style=3D'width:471.75pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm = 0cm'> <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td colspan=3D3 style=3D'padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <div style=3D'margin-bottom:7.5pt'> <div> <p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><b><s= pan style=3D'font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Irving</sp= an></b></st1:place></st1:City><b><span style=3D'font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> tries to ca= lm dam protests <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=3D416 valign=3Dtop style=3D'width:312.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm= 0cm'> <div style=3D'margin-bottom:3.75pt'> <table class=3DMsoNormalTable border=3D0 cellspacing=3D0 cellpadding=3D= 0 width=3D416 style=3D'width:312.0pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm= 0cm'> <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:ye= s'> <td valign=3Dbottom style=3D'padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <div style=3D'margin-bottom:3.75pt'> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3Dbyl1><span style=3D'font-size:8.5p= t; font-family:Verdana'>By Louisa Lim </span></span><span style=3D'font-= size: 10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><br> </span><span class=3Dbyd1><span style=3D'font-size:8.5pt;font-family:= Verdana'>BBC, <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Sydney</st1:place></st1:= City> </span></span><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p></o:p= ></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdan= a; color:black'><![if !vml]><img border=3D0 width=3D66 height=3D1 src=3D"BBCNEWSWorldAsia-PacificIrvingtriestocalmdamprotests_files/image= 026.gif" v:shapes=3D"_x0000_i1049"><![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <table class=3DMsoNormalTable border=3D0 cellspacing=3D0 cellpadding=3D0 align=3Dright width=3D193 style=3D'width:145.0pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;m= so-table-lspace: 2.25pt;mso-table-rspace:2.25pt;mso-table-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-table-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-table-left:right;mso-table-top: middle;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:ye= s'> <td width=3D192 style=3D'width:144.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=3DMsoNormal><![if !vml]><img border=3D0 width=3D207 height= =3D160 src=3D"BBCNEWSWorldAsia-PacificIrvingtriestocalmdamprotests_files/ima= ge028.jpg" v:shapes=3D"_x0000_i1050"><![endif]><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verda= na; color:#666666'>The Rural Dam project comes to a standstill in the fac= e of protests from the local wildlife.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=3D10 style=3D'width:7.2pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verd= ana; color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Ver= dana; color:black'>John Irving has allegedly sacked at least one builder and temporarily suspended work on a controversial dam after one of the larg= est rural protests in recent years. </span></b><span style=3D'font-size:10.= 0pt; font-family:Verdana;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Tens of thousands of fa= rmers and otters staged violent protests over the Rural Dam project, in deepe= st <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Victoria</st1:City>, <st1:country-reg= ion w:st=3D"on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></s= pan></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>A string of large prote= sts in recent weeks have demonstrated the depth of grievances in rural <st1:Ci= ty w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Melbourne</st1:place></st1:City>. <o= :p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Three weeks ago, tens of thousands of otters in <st1:State w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Vi= ctoria</st1:place></st1:State> rioted over plans to build a dam that would flood them off their land. = <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>They were angry at inad= equate compensation, and that local officials had not paid any heed to their objections. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Stability pact </spa= n></b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>At least one person was killed, and thousands of paramilitary police deployed to restore order.= <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Now, however, central government has intervened, forcing John Irving into sacking at least one builder’s mate and promising to halt work on the dam temporarily.= <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>It is part of a strateg= y some describe as "buying <span class=3DGramE>stability",</span> or offering concessions at a local level to restore order. <o:p></o:p></sp= an></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>But this approach also = sends out the message that large-scale protests are the best way to solve grievan= ces. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <table class=3DMsoNormalTable border=3D0 cellspacing=3D0 cellpadding=3D0 align=3Dright width=3D146 style=3D'width:109.5pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;m= so-table-overlap: never;mso-table-lspace:2.25pt;mso-table-rspace:2.25pt;mso-table-anchor= -vertical: paragraph;mso-table-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-table-left:right; mso-table-top:26.55pt;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:ye= s; height:161.75pt'> <td width=3D146 style=3D'width:109.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height= :161.75pt'> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verd= ana; color:black'><a href=3D"http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/email/news.bbc.co.= uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4021901.stm" target=3DMailer></a></span><![if !vml]><img border=3D0 width=3D146 height= =3D183 src=3D"BBCNEWSWorldAsia-PacificIrvingtriestocalmdamprotests_files/ima= ge047.jpg" v:shapes=3D"_x0000_i1051"><![endif]><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verda= na; color:#666666'>The evacuation of the lower level villages begins with= the women and children first.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>In recent weeks, several incidences of large-scale civil unrest have broken out around the <st1:= City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Irving</st1:place></st1:City> countr= y estate, whilst in low lying <span class=3DGramE>areas,</span> families flee an otherwise watery future. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Dozens of families have= had to be evacuated from the area, leaving pet stick insects and koalas beh= ind to their watery fate.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Figures show that prote= sts in <span class=3DSpellE>Croydon</span> are growing in size and frequency, = as the gap between wet and dry widens, and people express their frustration wi= th local corruption.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>John Ir= ving denies having had to bribe local officials to get planning permission, though eyebrows were raised at his recent tax returns on behalf of lead= ing members of the mafia community, masquerading as the Antipodean Caledoni= an Appreciation Society.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <table class=3DMsoNormalTable border=3D0 cellspacing=3D0 cellpadding=3D0 align=3Dright width=3D193 style=3D'width:145.0pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;m= so-table-overlap: never;mso-table-lspace:2.25pt;mso-table-rspace:2.25pt;mso-table-anchor= -vertical: paragraph;mso-table-anchor-horizontal:margin;mso-table-left:right; mso-table-top:14.5pt;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:ye= s'> <td width=3D193 style=3D'width:145.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=3DMsoNormal><![if !vml]><img border=3D0 width=3D192 height= =3D146 src=3D"BBCNEWSWorldAsia-PacificIrvingtriestocalmdamprotests_files/ima= ge048.jpg" v:shapes=3D"_x0000_i1052"><![endif]><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verda= na; color:#666666'>The defiant accountant turned would-be water magnate, = John Irving, is holed up in his panic room until the dam protests die down= .<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>While these protests do= not yet threaten barbeque party rule, they are deeply unsettling for the <s= t1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Irving</st1:place></st1:City>'s family’s authoritarian leader. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>“The damn dam pro= ject will continue nevertheless!” said a defiant <st1:place w:st=3D"on= "><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Irving</st1:City></st1:place> in a recent interview from h= is hideaway office in the bush.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>“All I need now is the <span class=3DGramE>water,</span> everything else is ready for my boating lake to take shape.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I hope it rains for 40 days an= d 40 nights”.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style=3D'margin-top:3.75pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt'> <table class=3DMsoNormalTable border=3D0 cellspacing=3D0 cellpadding=3D= 0 width=3D416 style=3D'width:312.0pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 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