Benjamin Preiss
Regional Editor at The Age
Regional editor with The Age. Tweets are my own
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1 week ago |
theage.com.au | Benjamin Preiss
‘It’s beautiful, sweet’: Rain settles the dust and brings hope to drought-weary farmers, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Poppy Green takes off after the newborn lamb as it frolics on the green shoots of her family’s Benalla paddock. Had this lamb been born just a fortnight earlier, when her property was dusty and barren, farmer Julie Green would have despaired.
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2 weeks ago |
theage.com.au | Benjamin Preiss
The snow gods, with a little help from their human friends, have ski industry rejoicing, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A five-storey pile of snow manufactured at Mount Buller before last weekend’s frigid storm blanketed Victoria’s alpine resorts tells the tale of a modern ski season.
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3 weeks ago |
theage.com.au | Benjamin Preiss
‘I won’t get excited until my hair is wet’: This weekend is make or break for farmers, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The battered mental health of many drought-stricken farmers hinges upon a cold front forecast to dump rain across much of the state this weekend.
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3 weeks ago |
theage.com.au | Benjamin Preiss
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When Bass Coast Shire Council proposed charging residents of two neighbouring housing estates on Phillip Island about $25,000 each to upgrade their roads and drains, the backlash was swift and clear. The council moved to implement the “special charge scheme” about three years ago, hoping to seal dirt roads and build drains, kerbs and channels.
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4 weeks ago |
theage.com.au | Benjamin Preiss
The meagre grass cover at the ground was only possible thanks to water supplied from a nearby property when the club was trying to resow the ground. Nearby dairy farmer Josh Parsons pumped water from his dam to the football ground in March. But with the water level now dropping below halfway, Parsons said he was no longer able to continue providing water.
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Looks like it'll be a challenging summer: Coastal holiday spots a growing bushfire concern this summer https://t.co/MTuoReOT1R #springst
This piece is the result of years of research about my grandmother's incredible story of survival. How lucky I am to still have her around to talk about it: Two sisters were saved from the Nazis and one was lost. Until now https://t.co/sy1E6LSDII
Bass Coast CEO Ali Wastie will take on the top job at City of Greater #Geelong where the previous chief exec announced his retirement about a year ago.