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About: Edwina Williams

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Edwina is a journalist at the Ballarat Times News Group, and Golden Plains Times, based in Ballarat. She is a passionate art lover and photographer, who enjoys capturing the colour and life of the city in her own time. Edwina has worked as a social media management contractor, and has had previous news experience with the ABC’s flagship current affairs program, 7.30, Victoria Votes for Channel 31, and Junction Journalism. Contact her at [email protected] Twitter - @edwinawilltweet Facebook - @edwinawilliamsjourno

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August 8, 2019

Ribbon cut on new sports centre

THE twenty-four-million-dollar Ballarat Sports and Events Centre was opened on Sunday morning, catering to the next generation of athletes. With six courts, including one 3000...

August 8, 2019

FedUni TAFE benefits from State boost

THE State government will inject significant further funds into free TAFE across Victoria. Announcing the input of $11.7 million on Tuesday morning, the money will...

August 8, 2019

State invests in safer town entrances

THE State government is making gateway improvements to towns as part on an eight-million-dollar regional safety investment. Walkers, riders and drivers in towns across western...

August 8, 2019

Make connections at Teesdale Winter Market

TEESDALE Community Events will host their Winter Market this Saturday from 10am to 2pm. People area are encouraged to swing by the Teesdale Community Hall...

August 7, 2019

Celebrating our Common Ground

BACKSPACE Gallery’s new month-long exhibition, Common Ground is a celebration of Australia’s natural environment and an exploration of its relationship with people. It features the...

August 4, 2019

Discover career pathways at expo

THE annual Ballarat Careers Expo is on later this month, providing an opportunity to directly source information from university, TAFE and independent tertiary representatives...

August 1, 2019

Celebrate Children’s Day

BALLARAT is invited to mark National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day this Sunday. From 11am to 3pm at Russell Square, Aboriginal and Torres...

August 1, 2019

Next round bound in public speaking comp

THE Ballarat district round of the Legacy Junior Public Speaking Competition was held last week at St Patrick’s College. Aiming to enhance the oral communication...

August 1, 2019

Australia Day awards open

NOMINATIONS are now open for the City of Ballarat’s 2020 Australia Day Awards. The council encourages people to put forward the names of locals who...

July 31, 2019

Bundles arriving for Ballarat babies

THE State government’s first lot of baby bundles, designed to assist first-time parents, are now arriving with new mums and dads at both Ballarat...

July 30, 2019

Black Dog Ride comes to Ballarat

THE 2019 Black Dog Ride Around Australia will arrive in Ballarat this Saturday, 3 August, raising funds and awareness of mental health and suicide...

July 29, 2019

Register to DonateLife this week

DONATELIFE Week is campaigning to add six million people to the Australian Organ Donor Register. The Australian Government’s Organ and Tissue Authority encourages people across...

July 25, 2019

Her Majesty’s to host South Street in September

IT’S expected that Her Majesty’s Theatre will reopen in early to mid-September after 20 months of closure, works and restoration by AW Nicholson. Performers and...

July 25, 2019

State invests in family violence prevention

THE Buninyong electorate will benefit from a nine-million-dollar state government injection, to increase gender equality, workplace respect and women’s participation in male dominated areas. The...

July 25, 2019

All looking good for new Lucas school

RECENTLY appointed founding Principal of the new primary school at Lucas, Sue Sawyer, has taken a tour of the developing site. Feeling privileged to be...

July 24, 2019

Buy a bit of Ballarat theatre history

BALLARAT Lyric Theatre will host a costume sale at Pleasant Street Primary School this weekend. Curated as a fundraiser for the not-for-profit, avid op-shoppers, costume...

July 24, 2019

Cinderella story in Wendouree

THE Victorian State Ballet is bringing their production of Cinderella to the Wendouree Centre for Performing Arts this Sunday. Featuring a strong cast of leading...

July 24, 2019

Ballarat hosts leaders of Chinese friendship city

LOCAL government leaders of Ballarat’s Chinese friendship city, Yangzhou, visited last Thursday. Yangzhou Municipal Government Vice-Mayor, Yu Ting was accompanied by council representatives from the...

July 24, 2019

Frislie to race in Germany

FEDUNI WestVic Academy of Sport athlete, Graeme Frislie will compete in the 2019 UCI Junior World Track Cycling Championships in Germany next month. Having been...

July 24, 2019

Ballarat’s Pozieres men remembered

A SHORT service to commemorate the one hundred and third anniversary of the Battle of Pozieres will take place this Sunday at 11am at...

July 24, 2019

Volunteers needed for road trauma education program

PEOPLE who have experienced the trauma of a road accident are encouraged to volunteer for Road Trauma Support Services Victoria’s education program, promoting road...

July 24, 2019

19 months of saving Her Maj

A YEAR has passed since the Save Her Majesty’s Ballarat – The Time is Now campaign begun. Following the discovery, in December 2017, of serious...

July 17, 2019

Ballarat designers up for building awards

Project Now have been shortlisted for the Building Designers Association of Victoria’s 2019 Building Design Awards to be held at NGV International in Melbourne on 27 July. DESIGNS build by Project...

July 17, 2019

Celebrating the 50 years since Apollo 11

COMMEMORATIONS for the fiftieth anniversary of the first person to walk on the moon are set for this Sunday, 21 July at the Ballarat...