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Insight: Animal Farm

Critic's View - Tuesday

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Rspca Chief Cops Flak And Red Paint Over Egg Farm

RSPCA national president Hugh Wirth has made a complaint to police about animal activists who threw red paint over him at a gala dinner on Friday night. According to Animal Liberation Victoria, eight activists dressed in formal wear got past security guards and made their way inside Melbourne's Park Hyatt hotel to the RSPCA's gala ball. The group say three of the activists, Hayley Budrius, Tim Rushena and Noah Hannibal, approached Dr Wirth's table and asked him whether he would pose for a photograph.

A Writer Wronged

George Orwell knew he wouldn't live to reap the financial rewards of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. His widow, Sonia, also missed out. Why then did the family accountant die such a wealthy man? Tim Carroll reports.