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Benjamin Preiss

@bpreiss

Regional editor with The Age. Tweets are my own

 Melbourne, Australia
Joined April 2009
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@theage14 May 2023
From vegetarian to hunter, journalist Benjamin Preiss is answering your reader questions this morning. theage.com.au/national/victo…
The first hunt: My journey from vegetarian to shooting my dinner

The first hunt: My journey from vegetarian to shooting my dinner

My heart thumps as I line up those glinting eyes and fire. I see the rabbit struggle momentarily before falling still amid the dry grass and burrows and bald earth.

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Coastal councils urge action after rejecting permits over sea level rises. Latest from @bpreiss and me theage.com.au/national/victo…
Coastal councils urge action after rejecting permits over sea level rises

Coastal councils urge action after rejecting permits over sea level rises

Councils want state government leadership on coastal inundation as more property owners have their beachside planning dreams knocked back.

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@theage22 Oct 2022
Development on flood-prone land is highly divisive. But the issue has been thrown into sharp relief as devastating floods swept Victoria this week, claiming two lives and inundating thousands of homes. @carawaters and @bpreiss theage.com.au/national/victo…
‘Playing Russian roulette’: why development continues in flood zones

‘Playing Russian roulette’: why development continues in flood zones

Ask Wayne McKail if people should be building in Carisbrook’s flood plains and his answer is unequivocal.

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Single foot-and-mouth case would trigger COVID-like tracing, culling of sick animals | @micksfoley @bpreiss theage.com.au/politics/feder…

Single foot-and-mouth case would trigger COVID-like tracing, culling of sick animals

An outbreak would force a halt to Australian red meat exports, costing agricultural industries billions of dollars.

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@theage15 Jul 2022
Hepburn Shire Council bought The Rex theatre on Daylesford’s main drag in 2016 for $6.3 million. Six years later, it sits as an empty shell after the council’s redevelopment of the theatre was abandoned due to cost blowouts. | @bpreiss theage.com.au/national/victo…

Daylesford residents fear losing cinema forever after botched council redevelopment

The Hepburn Shire Council had grand plans for Daylesford’s heritage Rex theatre. But for the past four years it has been an empty shell.

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casey briggs@CaseyBriggs31 May 2022
The ABC projects the Liberals win Deakin
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@AlexDyson bows out after highest Independent vote in Wannon history. #WannonVotes #independentsday #auspol
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@theage27 May 2022
Barnaby Joyce will make a pitch for his political survival when he addresses the state branch of the National Party on Friday night ahead of a looming leadership challenge. | By @annikasmethurst and @bpreiss #auspol #nationals #barnabyjoyce theage.com.au/national/victo…
‘We are not the Liberals’ excuse’: Joyce to push for leadership at Victorian Nationals conference

‘We are not the Liberals’ excuse’: Joyce to push for leadership at Victorian Nationals conference

Barnaby Joyce will make a pitch for his political survival when he addresses the state branch of the National Party ahead of a looming leadership challenge.

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Henrietta Cook@henriettacook21 Aug 2021
Melburnians are cancelling their regional holidays and restaurant bookings en masse rather than postponing amid fears they will be in and out of lockdown until the end of the year. New from ⁦@bpreiss⁩ and I theage.com.au/national/victo…

Mass cancellations spark alarm for regional hospitality

Regional hospitality operators say repeated lockdowns and uncertainty about the future have prompted a wave of cancellations and requests for refunds.

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@theage3 Aug 2021
Victoria’s tourism and events sectors are in urgent need of financial and mental health support, with a parliamentary inquiry calling for a new voucher system to help beleaguered businesses survive the pandemic. | @bpreiss #tourism #regions #coronavirus theage.com.au/national/victo…

MPs call for new voucher system to save tourism and events sectors

The return of JobKeeper for the sectors, better access to mental health services and the establishment of an events industry taskforce are other key recommendations made by Victorian MPs.

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@theage29 Jun 2021
Victorian holiday attractions are reaching capacity and visitors are flocking to tourism towns as other states enforce lockdowns, reports @bpreiss #covid19 #lockdowns #holidays theage.com.au/national/victo…

Victorians stay close to home during school holidays

Attractions such as Phillip Island’s penguin parade and holiday accommodation are filling as Victorians avoid being caught out by closing borders.

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The rise of the reducers: Why some of us are putting less meat on our plates theage.com.au/national/the-r…
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@theage31 Mar 2021
Cross-party group of MPs calls for urgent review of country road speed limits, research into road rules overseas to help decrease Victoria’s number of road deaths. | @bpreiss theage.com.au/national/victo…
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Jackson Graham@jtbgraham27 Mar 2021
Passover returned to the homes of many in Melbourne’s 50,000-strong Jewish population as health restrictions allowed high numbers to celebrate a traditional dinner in houses theage.com.au/national/victo…
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@theage7 Mar 2021
Until the 1980s, women were mostly relegated to a minor role in the blokey world of surf life saving. But slowly, slowly, that has changed | @bpreiss @chloebooker theage.com.au/national/victo…

How women are leading a ‘remarkable’ change in emergency services

Women have fought hard for equality in the leadership and staffing of Victoria’s life-saving organisations, but leaders say there is plenty of work still to do.

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@theage20 Feb 2021
Researchers will lay thousands of mosquito traps in coastal and bayside areas to curb the spread of a flesh-eating disease that is appearing in parts of Victoria where it has not previously been recorded | @bpreiss theage.com.au/national/victo…
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@theage27 Oct 2020
A reserve workforce of hundreds of contact tracers armed with local knowledge will be on standby to battle coronavirus outbreaks, as a key part of Victoria’s overhauled contact tracing strategy. #covid19 #coronavirus #lockdown #springst theage.com.au/national/victo…

Victoria training an army of hundreds of reserve contact tracers

State’s contact tracing team boss believes that Victoria's overhauled system will be able to cope with at least 2000 daily coronavirus cases a day if needed.

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Gay Alcorn@Gay_Alcorn15 Oct 2020
City's 5km limit could go to 20km, with models being run 'as we speak' theage.com.au/national/victo…

City's 5km limit could go to 20km, with models being run 'as we speak'

Bolstered by increased ADF presence in Melbourne's 'ring of steel', an outbreak in Shepparton will likely not prevent regional Victoria from significantly easing restrictions on Sunday.

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Henrietta Cook@henriettacook2 Oct 2020
Trump has COVID-19. Is Biden considered a close contact following the 90-minute presidential debate? theage.com.au/national/coron…

Coronavirus Australia update LIVE: Donald Trump tests positive to COVID-19, Victoria records seven...

An "old" local case with no known source in NSW has pushed back Queensland's border reopening to November.

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Melissa Singer@melly_singer14 Sep 2020
Meanwhile, in Israel, a new lockdown will require residents to stay within 500 METRES of their homes. It's Jewish New Year this weekend and then Yom Kippur, Sukkot, so this is major. theage.com.au/world/middle-e…
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