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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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April 28, 2023

Park powers to the next level

MR Power Park has become a hub for skating, scooting, basketball, footy, and exercising. Major upgrades at the community reserve in Sebastopol were officially opened...

April 28, 2023

First look inside library refurb

LOCAL and State government representatives were given a progress tour of the Ballarat Library construction site on Tuesday morning. Most internal demolition works are complete...

April 28, 2023

Access to psych support in fashion

A NEW small business is aiming to make psychological treatment affordable for everyone. Davey Morrison launched his own clothing line, Morro Mental Health, last week,...

April 28, 2023

Time to bid for Comm Games works

AHEAD of the 2026 Regional Victorian Commonwealth Games, a State Government advance tender notice has been released for the Mars Stadium construction contract. The project...

April 28, 2023

Silver for up-and-coming basketballer

A YOUNG Ballarat Miner has had some silver-medal success at the Australian Junior Basketball Championships. As part of the Victorian Country Under-18 Boys’ squad, Ned...

April 28, 2023

Hopping into the 200 club

A HOPPER of more than twenty years, Troy Mellington will mark a major footy milestone at the Rokewood Recreation Reserve this weekend. Along the backline...

April 25, 2023

Outdoor stage ready for anything

BUNINYONG’S De Soza Park is now set up to cater for all-weather events. Automatic blinds, made by Bartlett, have been installed around the reserve’s stage...

April 21, 2023

Head back in time at a slow trot

THE clip-clopping of Clydesdale hooves is set to be heard throughout Lake Wendouree’s gardens precinct this weekend. Australia’s oldest operating tram, horse tram number one,...

April 21, 2023

Vets to stage show of shuttles

HAVING hosted the event for more than forty years, Ballarat Badminton Association will run their annual Victorian Badminton Veterans Association tournament this weekend. Five hundred...

April 18, 2023

Member drive for BMI ahead of fest

WITH next month’s Heritage Festival fast approaching, the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute board has released their program for the city-wide cultural event. But a key part...

April 17, 2023

Addison to chair enviro committee

MEMBER for Wendouree Juliana Addison has been appointed chair of a Parliamentary Environment and Planning Committee. Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, and Department...

April 17, 2023

Spring forward in the Backspace

EARLY-career visual artists who are five-to-ten years into their creative practice and are strongly connected to Ballarat are being encouraged to apply to exhibit...

April 15, 2023

Tradeswomen through the lens

A NEW photographic initiative is putting the spotlight on tradeswomen. The Celebrating Women in Trades project launched at the Australian Centre for Rare Arts and...

April 15, 2023

Monitors out to protect rakali

LAST October, the Lake Wendouree Rakali Monitoring Group was formed and sought to bring together citizen scientists to assess the movements of the native...

April 14, 2023

Look up this dark sky week

INTERNATIONAL Dark Sky Week begins this Saturday, 15 April and is part of a global campaign encouraging people to discover the night sky above...

April 14, 2023

Badminton ref is smashing it

IN the sports pages of any newspaper, athlete achievements are often the most prominent. But behind the scenes, volunteers, officials, and referees are playing a...

April 10, 2023

Group sews dignity for Nepalese women

BUNINYONG’S YAKS Sewing Group isn’t just crafting with fabric, they’re creating change. They’ve been making hygiene and menstrual packs for Nepalese women by sewing shields,...

April 9, 2023

Memoir in league of its ‘own’

FROM a childhood playing on Wendouree’s mullock heaps, to leading the University of Ballarat as pro vice-chancellor of academics, Dr Frank Hurley has plenty...

April 8, 2023

Peer support group for survivors

MEETINGS for survivors of sexual abuse are coming to Ballarat. An initiative of Creswick’s Bloom Well-being and national organisation The Survivor Hub, the MeetUps program...

April 8, 2023

Collective pools support for DV services

A DECADE ago, Kylie Johanson and her two-year-old child fled their home, survivors of domestic violence. Although she had developed the courage to leave, Ms...

April 8, 2023

Statue of war doctor to be unveiled

REGIONAL Arts Victoria’s Women’s Public Art Program will bear fruit at Linton within the next two weeks. A bronze sculpture of Linton-born Dr Vera Scantebury...

April 6, 2023

Cycling relay for good health

A NUMBER of Ballarat cyclists tackled the Murray to Moyne relay last weekend, riding five hundred and twenty kilometres in just over twenty-four hours...

April 5, 2023

Shed’s garden needs a green-thumb

DO you have an interest in horticulture, some spare time, and a desire to help the community? The Linton Men’s Shed are seeking a volunteer...

April 2, 2023

Students bring classical score to life

JANE Austen’s Persuasion is being adapted into a podcast by Ballarat National Theatre, but the 13-episode production will feature artists beyond BNT’s voice actors. In...

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