Benjamin Preiss

Looks like it'll be a challenging summer: Coastal holiday spots a growing bushfire concern this summer theage.com.au/national/victo… #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 theage.com.au/national/victo…

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.

I took a dive into the myriad challenges in Geelong - Victoria's 2nd biggest city. The council there was sacked in 2016 and there are troubling signs emerging again. A thousand cuts: Geelong is growing, but its budget is in a hole theage.com.au/politics/victo… #springst #geelong

What a great stint in state rounds @sumeyyailanbey I consider myself lucky to have worked with you there. Democracy has withered on Andrews’ watch. I know because I watched it happen theage.com.au/politics/victo…

Some great comments about my story on rabbit hunting and introduced species. I'm trying to respond to all of them. Thanks very much to all the readers who have engaged on this topic. theage.com.au/national/victo…

New feature from myself exploring introduced species and whether we should eat more of them. The first hunt: My journey from vegetarian to shooting my dinner theage.com.au/national/victo…

Falls Creek should have been pumping this summer. Instead it’s missing another crucial holiday season as a landslide isolates town. I went last week to see for myself. Businesses say they desperately need help. theage.com.au/national/victo… #springst

Here’s to all the fierce grandmothers and Yiddishe mammes who helped raise and nurture us. Mine was an incredible woman. I was very lucky to have her and I still miss her everyday theage.com.au/national/victo… #yiddishtwitter #yiddish

I was incredibly lucky to get back to Rochester for Christmas but there's so much work that needs to be done while the town recovers. Such generous community spirit. But locals are worried some of their neighbours will never return. theage.com.au/national/victo… #springst

It's going to be a tough summer for a lot of regional communities. Landslide threatens to bury Falls Creek's summer economy theage.com.au/national/victo… #springst

Rochester residents will be housed in a temporary village in Elmore while they rebuild their homes if they want to take up that option. It'll have capacity for 350 dwellings @JaclynSymes says #vicfloods

For anyone interested in the welfare of Glenys and Brian, I've heard from them today and they're fine. They got out to the relief centre in Bendigo and are now back in Rochester. Builders began repairs after they had 14 inches of water in their home. theage.com.au/national/victo…

My impression from Rochester covering the floods. In a strange way, it was hard to leave: Eyeing the ‘Silicone Line of Rochester’ as waters rose and fell theage.com.au/national/victo…

Streets still submerged in Rochester. So much water needs to clear even with the river receding