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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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June 24, 2023

Skate park art marks elder abuse day

A PUBLIC art initiative has brought pockets of colour to the grey Ballarat Skate Park. Launched last week in line with World Elder Abuse Awareness...

June 23, 2023

World Cup visits Wendouree

FOREST Rangers Soccer Club had a shiny, special visitor last Friday morning. The FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy was displayed at the club’s Wendouree West...

June 23, 2023

Do fence me in?

FEEDBACK is being sought by users and neighbours of the Walter Jones Memorial Park to determine how it should be fenced. The green space on...

June 23, 2023

Healthy sums for healthy teeth

FROM today until this Sunday, all online donations made to the Grampians Health Ballarat Dental Health Tax Appeal will be matched dollar-for-dollar. Private donors are...

June 23, 2023

Sports scientists Yale bound

TWO Ballarat sports science students are on their way to Connecticut in the United States to further their skills. Liam Haintz and Micah Drake are...

June 22, 2023

Take a journey at charity screening

THIS Refugee Week members of the Ballarat Afghan Action Group are hosting their first public fundraiser. BAAG is screening a film about an Afghan refugee...

June 21, 2023

Music fest highlights ones to watch

A THREE-day festival championing local live music acts will be staged in venues across the city from the end of the month. Twenty different Be_Hear/Now...

June 21, 2023

A social space for golden oldies

SENIOR residents of the Golden Plains Shire’s north are invited to share a meal and a cuppa with likeminded older people once monthly. A group...

June 21, 2023

Northern school marks 70 years

LEARNING began on Landsborough Street at Ballarat North Primary School in mid-1953. This year, current pupils, staff, and former students are set to mark the...

June 20, 2023

Teacher promoting the power of music

BALLARAT Grammar music teacher and instrumentalist Sarah Barlow could be attending this year’s ARIA Awards. Ms Barlow teaches music performance and sound production to senior...

June 20, 2023

Appeal to aid Salvos’ emergency relief

RESEARCH from the Salvation Army within the last year found that eighty-four per cent of people they surveyed were struggling to cover the costs...

June 18, 2023

Need for speed drives skills for life

IMAGINE a car going from zero to eighty kilometres an hour, and traveling twenty metres, in just over a second. That’s the speed of a...

June 16, 2023

Chambers lobby to keep critical clinicians

THREE regional Victorian chambers of commerce have united to oppose a State Government decision to withdraw the funding of their offices’ mental health worker. Commerce...

June 16, 2023

Alliance forms for zero emissions

LIKEMINDED local community groups, including Ballarat Renewable Energy and Zero Emissions or BREAZE, have united with an aim to promote and implement the Ballarat...

June 16, 2023

Miners look to improve as finals loom

TEN weeks into the NBL1 South competition for 2023, Ballarat Miners players are reflecting on the season so far. After some disappointment, import Tyler Rudolph...

June 16, 2023

Carroll aims high ahead of nationals

TABLE tennis player Rory Carroll continues to serve and drive for success as a top Australian para-athlete. Carroll will compete in next month’s Table Tennis...

June 16, 2023

Basketball fun at holiday camp

CHILDREN aged four to fourteen have the chance to meet their favourite Ballarat Miners players these school holidays. Ballarat Basketball staff and athletes are leading...

June 13, 2023

Being bold, dark and queer

BALLARAT Frolic Festival will celebrate the dark this month with mid-year programming running during the winter solstice. The ‘bold, dark, queer’ themed Frolic Dark Rainbow...

June 13, 2023

Group marks 100 years on the air

IN June of 1923, the Ballarat Amateur Radio Club held its first ever meeting. A century later, and now known as the Ballarat Amateur Radio...

June 12, 2023

FECRI seeks EOFY backing

AS the end of this financial year approaches, scientists at Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute are encouraging community members to financially support their work. FECRI...

June 12, 2023

Directory lists social support

MEMBERS of Compassionate Ballarat have developed a Ballarat Social Services directory in a response to the current financial climate. The organisation has created the list...

June 11, 2023

A story to tell under the umbrella

LIKE Ballarat’s shoppers of yesteryear, it’s time to Look for the Red Umbrella. Local researcher Geoff McArthur is publishing his first non-fiction book about the...

June 9, 2023

Behind the scenes with pole superstar

A BALLARAT Arts Foundation fundraiser is set to shine the spotlight on one of the city’s most famous performers. The foundation is hosting an in-conversation...

June 9, 2023

City up for top town title

BY the end of July, Ballarat could be named the state’s best town to take a trip to. The city is one of 17 finalist...