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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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July 10, 2019

A festive afternoon to unite the community

A FREE community lunch, followed by a Winter Soiree, will be held at St Matthew’s Anglican Church this Saturday, 13 July, bringing people together...

July 10, 2019

A new home for Ballarat’s Voice

VOICE FM will relocate its operations to Barkly Square, subject to funding from the government, local businesses and community. The Barkly Street location will better...

July 9, 2019

Local live music to kick off festival weekend

FRINGE Benefits, a twelve-hour live music event within Ballarat’s CBD, is set to precede the sold-out Spilt Milk festival later this year. From 12pm to...

July 5, 2019

Cooper on track to live his dream

BANNOCKBURN College student, Cooper Kitchen has been selected to play Australian rules football for the School Sport Victoria Twelve Years and Under team. Heading to...

July 3, 2019

State supports council financially to improve services

THE State government has announced that the City of Ballarat will benefit from a twenty-million dollar Rural Councils Transformation Program. The RCTP is about achieving...

July 3, 2019

Back-to-back for Ballarat boxer

JACK Denahy has claimed his second National Title in the 57kg Elite division of the Australian Championships. Denahy fought three times over three days, his...

July 3, 2019

Celebrating three decades at the front

AFTER thirty-one years, Trevor Petrie Real Estate’s Carmen Simkin is retiring from her role as Saturday morning receptionist. Finishing at her other part-time financial planning...

July 3, 2019

Young riders and skaters to enjoy new track

VICTORIA Park’s new Modular Pump Track was officially opened to the public last weekend, catering to a younger skaters, bike riders and scooters kids. The...

July 3, 2019

Classic style to promote contemporary businesses

BALLARAT and South Korea have something in common. They’re two great inspirations for marketer and web designer, Emma Hall. Having grown up locally in a heritage...

July 3, 2019

Frolic Cabaret will heat up Winter Fest

OVER two Saturday evenings this month, Ballarat Winter Festival and Ballarat Frolic Festival will unite to present exciting cabaret showcases. With burlesque, singing, drag and...

July 3, 2019

Road safety forum set for Ballarat

RESIDENTS are invited to share and receive ideas about the improvement of local road safety at a Towards Zero Regional Road Safety Forum in...

July 3, 2019

WONDERFUL LIGHTS BRING COLOUR AND LIFE TO WINTER

SOVEREIGN Hill’s annual Winter Wonderlights event kicked off last Friday evening with families flocking to get involved in the colour and life of the...

June 26, 2019

Footy fundraiser helps cut out MND

THE team from Hair and Beauty on Dana will raise funds for Motor Neuron Disease this Saturday, 29 June from 11am to 4pm, during...

June 26, 2019

Biznet brekky embracing diversity

COMMERCE Ballarat will host Huss Mustafa OAM as he presents at this Tuesday’s Biznet Breakfast, Embracing Diversity. Mr Mustafa is the General Manager of Multicultural...

June 26, 2019

Royal Commission asks older Australians to speak up

A SESSION for seniors, their carers and family was hosted last Thursday in Sebastopol, assisting people to better understand the national Royal Commission into...

June 12, 2019

Possums reunite with help of council grant

THE Victorian Branch of the 161 Independent Reconnaissance Flight Association has received a Community Impact Grant from the City of Ballarat to assist in...

June 12, 2019

Behind the cute koalas

TWENTY-three-year-old Shelby Sherritt understands the value of art therapy deeply. Following an appendix and bowel cancer diagnosis in 2016, creativity became a major coping mechanism...

June 12, 2019

Seeking students for Citizenship Awards

Order of Australia is a national acknowledgement of people who’ve made a major contribution to their various activities and community. Now the organisation responsible for...

June 12, 2019

New sounds for the city

FOLLOWING over 12 months of discussions with the City of Ballarat event organisers of music festival Spilt Milk are bringing the multi-stage event to...

June 12, 2019

A WREN’S FIRST WREATH

NINETY-four-year-old Margaret Wood laid a wreath last Thursday at the Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial in commemoration of D-Day’s 75th anniversary. She was accompanied...

June 10, 2019

Past Grammar Headmaster acknowledged

SHE Oaks local, Stephen Higgs has received a Medal of the Order of Australia for his service to education over 45 years. Appointed in 1995,...

June 10, 2019

Service to community behind award

MARGARET Robinson has received a Medal of the Order of Australia, or OAM, for her service to the Ballarat community as part of the...

June 6, 2019

Calling all landscape artists to create historical document

ALL members of the wider community are invited to create artworks that depicts the landscape between Beaufort and Skipton, and down to Lismore, before...

June 6, 2019

Not at lot

Did the State Budget forget Golden Plains?

GOLDEN Plains Shire Mayor, Cr Owen Sharkey said council is disappointed by the recent State government...