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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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September 24, 2022

Super work experience for students

BALLARAT Specialist School staff are always on the look-out for practical and collaborative work experience opportunities for their Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning students. When...

September 23, 2022

Last Post Service honours battle

THE anniversary of the commencement of the 1917 Battle of Menin Road in Belgium was marked earlier this week in Canberra. On Tuesday afternoon, 20...

September 23, 2022

Water utility surveying customers

AN annual customer satisfaction survey is underway at Central Highlands Water with the aim of collecting data to review and improve performance. Throughout the next...

September 22, 2022

Memorial honours UN secretary-general

A PLAQUE remembering former United Nations secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld has been reinstalled at Pioneer Park after suspected vandalism. The original plaque was laid on 18...

September 22, 2022

Miners women score new coach

ROB Baker is returning to the Ballarat Miners for the 2023 NBL1 South season as head coach of the women’s side. Baker has experience coaching...

September 18, 2022

Walk the plank at the gallery

ARGH, me hearties! The Art Gallery of Ballarat’s latest exhibition is all about pirates. Under the Black Flag showcases a range of work from the...

September 18, 2022

Tea time for Jane Austen fans

IT’S time for tea and British treats with Ballarat National Theatre, as the board presents a special fundraiser at Craig’s Royal Hotel later this...

September 18, 2022

Bands to battle in Smythesdale

SMYTHESDALE’S heritage precinct is set to rock like never before as the Country Market committee stages a brand-new event. Entries are now open for the...

September 17, 2022

Extra, extra! The Newsies are in town

READ all about it, BLOC Music Theatre’s latest junior production is coming to Mount Rowan Secondary College’s theatre space. A small cast of young performers...

September 16, 2022

Rotary recognises violinist’s talent

YOUNG violinist Chloe Shieh has received the Rotary Club of Ballarat’s Winston Loveland Music Award for her exceptional artistic endeavours. Eighteen-year-old Shieh is Ballarat Clarendon...

September 16, 2022

Badges boost veterans and shedders

POPPY Tributes’ Ron Davis has donated hundreds of dollars raised through recent sales of his Battlefield Blue badges to support veterans and members of...

September 16, 2022

Firie victorious at world games

WENDOUREE Fire Brigade is having an impact as far away as the Netherlands. Brigade volunteer and CFA West Region instructor Rob Foote recently competed in...

September 15, 2022

Teaching academy for Camp Street

THE educational legacy of the former Ballarat Learning Exchange will live on. Now in redevelopment, the Camp Street building is set to become a campus...

September 15, 2022

Leaving a public speaking legacy

A STATE final of the annual Legacy Junior Public Speaking Competition was held at Ballarat Legacy House last week. The competition’s aim is to strengthen...

September 15, 2022

Schools to get all-abilities funding

STATE Minister for Education, Natalie Hutchins, visited Miners Rest Primary School last week to announce a funding program to help schools support all-abilities students. Through...

September 15, 2022

Carers needed to raise the future

FOSTER Care Week is underway and the aim of the initiative is to encourage people to become a foster carer and welcome a child...

September 15, 2022

Big goal for hockey keeper

YOUNG goalkeeper Molly Klix has been selected for the 2022 Australian Country under-twenty-one hockey team. The Ballarat High School year 12 student plays for Altona...

September 13, 2022

Empowering women to get active

BALLARAT City Rowing Club is participating in This Girl Can Week by encouraging women of all abilities, ages and backgrounds to get active for...

September 12, 2022

Austen prequel coming to Craig’s

JANE Austen’s Pride and Prejudice has captured the imagination of readers for hundreds of years, but there’s more to the story. Later this month, Ballarat...

September 11, 2022

Actor takes monologue to world stage

AUSTRALIA’S team at the World Monologue Games’ September regional finals will include a local voice. Actor Tabitha Rickard is submitting a video performance of an...

September 11, 2022

Painters connecting to nature

IN the Ballarat area, there are one hundred and twenty rare and endangered indigenous plants. To draw attention to these species, and the need for...

September 10, 2022

Governance help for grassroots groups

COMMUNITY groups with an aim to improve and strengthen their governance and make their operations sustainable have a new resource at Ballarat East Neighbourhood...

September 10, 2022

Teaching youth skills for life

FORMERLY called Things No One Told You, an updated version of The Y Ballarat’s free Lifeskills Program will soon return for people aged fifteen...

September 9, 2022

Students serve sweet STEM ideas

BALLARAT Tech School and Mars Wrigley have been working together to empower secondary students to consider a career in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Year...

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