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From Vats To Vaults, Architects Put Their Designs To The Test

Saturday May 20, 2000
You might expect a place called Snobs Creek to boast an example of fine modern architecture but you may not anticipate that designer structure to be a fish farm. A high-tech laboratory at the Marine and Fresh Water Research Institute in Snobs Creek, near Eildon in the state's north-east, is an en

Ombudsman Seeks Foi Exemption To Protect Investigation Information

Tuesday May 2, 2000
The state Ombudsman, who investigates complaints about official obstruction of freedom of information requests, is fighting to have his own office shielded from FoI. The Ombudsman, Barry Perry, wants the Victorian Government to protect him after an Eildon motel owner, Chris Healy, forced him to h

Who's Watching The Watchdog?

Tuesday May 2, 2000
THIS is Eildon's version of the XFiles, and it is a true story. It is a tangled tale of one man's hunt for the truth; of authorities reluctant to open their books, and giving contradictory answers when they do. Documents exist, then don't exist. Legal opinions veer 180 degrees overnight. There's a p