Evidence suggests dam engineers 'didn't follow manual'  Updated
February 08, 2012 07:01:54  An expert hired by the operator of
Wivenhoe Dam to peer review its handling of the last year's
Queensland flood crisis says new information would lead him to
believe engineers did not comply with their operating manual.
Dam safety consultant Len McDonald has told the state's flood
inquiry that he changed his opinion after being shown a
ministerial briefing note to which he had earlier not had
access.  He says the information in the note would make him
conclude the engineers did not comply with the manual.  If so,
that would leave the Queensland Government open to a massive
class action, estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of
dollars.  Two engineers have taken special leave a day after
receiving a grilling at the hands of the inquiry.  They are
under police protection due to reports of death threats.  John
Tibaldi and Terry Malone are two of the four duty engineers who
guided the release of water from the dam in