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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September 19, 2023

BLOC buzzing to stage spelling bee

IT’S time to learn some big words and spell them out, as BLOC Music Theatre stages their latest musical comedy production at Mount Rowan...

September 18, 2023

BNT plays on the Wyrd and wonderful

TERRY Pratchett’s medieval comedy, Wyrd Sisters, is coming to Woodmans Hill Performing Arts Centre. Ballarat National Theatre is staging the fantasy play which is set...

September 17, 2023

Getting back to nature in Sebas

A PROGRAM for young people led by the Leigh Catchment Group is aiming to connect them to the natural environment in and around Sebastopol. Officers...

September 15, 2023

Allied councils to lobby government

A NEW Greater Ballarat Alliance of Councils officially became operational last week. The alliance includes the six regional and rural municipalities in and around Ballarat,...

September 15, 2023

Visas granted as long walk ends

LAST Sunday, Sri Lankan refugee Neil Para completed his one-thousand-and-fourteen-kilometre Walk for Freedom in Sydney, and discovered he’d been granted a permanent visa. Advocating for...

September 15, 2023

Survey says take the foot off the gas

THIS winter, Environment Victoria volunteers in the Ballarat region surveyed residents about gas energy. The aim of the consultation has been to collate feedback on...

September 15, 2023

Optus returns as major SpringFest sponsor

SPRINGFEST is another week closer, and the Rotary Club of Ballarat’s major fundraising market day is set to be presented by Optus in 2023. The...

September 15, 2023

Water authority energised by bio grant

THE State’s Waste to Energy Bioenergy Fund has provided a grant to Central Highlands Water. Worth $60,000 the funding package is set to boost the...

September 15, 2023

Pentathlete returns to world champs

PENTATHLETE Zoe Addinsall recently competed at the 2023 Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne Laser Run World Championships in Bath, England. Against high-performing global competition, the...

September 15, 2023

Ballarat and district golf results for 15 September

Ballarat Golf Club Tuesday 12 September - Open stableford, pick a tee A Grade - 1st - X Gleeson 6/37 - 2nd - N Twaits 10/...

September 14, 2023

Director digs trenchless award nom

THE country’s first Trenchless Woman of the Year could be a Ballarat local. Co-director of Pipe Pro Directional Drilling and James Vac Solutions, Dannielle James...

September 12, 2023

Students abuzz about spelling bee

TWO Damascus College students have represented their school in the state final of the Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee. Respective year 7 and 8 students, Isabeau...

September 12, 2023

Course aims to jump start an interest in cars

A HANDS-on mechanical course run out of local workshop is seeking to give young people a chance to explore working on cars as a...

September 11, 2023

Raising funds for FECRI

PHOENIX College year 12 students are working to fund the next local cancer research breakthrough. A school project tasked them with making an impact in...

September 11, 2023

Treatment milestone for cancer centre

SEPTEMBER is Gynaecology Awareness Month, and Grampians Health radiation oncologist Dr Thanuja Thachil is marking a timely Ballarat Regional Integrated Cancer Centre milestone.

September 11, 2023

Carving pathways for the next gen

A YOUTH scholarship program has been launched by the Australian Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades with the aim of sparking young people’s...

September 11, 2023

Kids hoops course covers the basics

SELKIRK Stadium will be all action after school in term four as a series of introductory basketball skills programs make a return. Aussie Hoops and Rookie Hoops...

September 10, 2023

We’re just dancing in the dark

FEEL like switching off the lights and dancing like no one’s watching? Twice-monthly community dance initiative, No Lights, No Lycra Ballarat, marked eight years of...

September 10, 2023

Summit works magic for students

A GROUP of students from Mount Clear, Phoenix, and Woodmans Hill colleges have attended the 2023 Magic Moments Youth Leadership Summit. Held at Collaroy in...

September 10, 2023

Forum to put koalas in focus

A FORUM to discuss the presence of koalas in Ballarat, and their future, will be held at the Eureka Centre next week. Hosted by Friends...

September 8, 2023

AFLW action returns to Mars

IT will be fight or flight as the dogs and hawks land on Mars for a big clash this weekend. Round two AFLW action between...

September 8, 2023

Fest buds ahead of spring bloom

THE countdown to SpringFest Ballarat’s 2023 market day is officially on with Rotary Club of Ballarat members holding a campaign launch for the community...

September 8, 2023

Douglass wins gold at national champs

A ROOSTER was amongst the magpies at the Australian Netball Championships last month. North Ballarat Netball Club player Poppy Douglass represented Collingwood at the comp...

September 8, 2023

Sisters net 200 games

TWO North Ballarat Netball Club players marked the same major game milestone on the same day last month, and they just happen to come...

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