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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 15, 2022

Youth pollies pass bill

YOUNG representatives of the Y Ballarat have presented a bill during YMCA Victoria’s recent Youth Parliament program. The group of four developed the bill, which...

July 15, 2022

Children and families focus for tour

VICTORIA’S peak child and family services body launched a travelling regional program this week, aiming to link likeminded organisations within the sector, and share...

July 15, 2022

Family values for chocolate factory

MARS Wrigley are mixing up the traditional recruitment and job interview process following the results of a survey. The confectionary company has recently found that...

July 15, 2022

Muggles visit the wizarding world

ANY good book shop has a certain magic about it, as shelves overflow with colour, ideas, and imagination. At Collins Booksellers on Lydiard last week,...

July 15, 2022

Toasting 90 years of public broadcasting

THE Australian Broadcasting Corporation is celebrating its ninetieth birthday this month, and so are their supporters. Twenty-four members of the Ballarat branch of ABC Friends...

July 14, 2022

Health service seeking First Nations artists

GRAMPIANS Health are encouraging all Wadawurrung, and broader First Nations, visual creatives to enter their region-wide Aboriginal art competition, which launched during NAIDOC Week. Chief...

July 14, 2022

Bulldogs take pride in Ballarat

DAUGHTERS of the west... Red, white, blue, and rainbow. An AFLW pride match between the Western Bulldogs and St Kilda women’s football clubs will be...

July 14, 2022

Prepare to discover the Burra

HAVE you ever noticed the seven green signs spread out around Mount Pleasant? Produced by the Mount Pleasant History Group, the boards share information about...

July 14, 2022

Local athletes ready for world stage

THREE of Ballarat’s top high-performing athletes are warming up in Oregon, United States as they prepare for the World Athletics Championships. Currently immersed in a...

July 13, 2022

Greased lightning strikes school stage

NEED to warm up this wintry weekend? Oh-oh, those Summer Nights have arrived at the Wendouree Centre for Performing Arts. Ballarat Grammar students will perform...

July 11, 2022

Sparking an interest in welding

WHEN you were in secondary school, did you dream a hands-on trade career? BGT Jobs and Training and road transport manufacturer MaxiTrans are working together...

July 10, 2022

Clinic keeping hearts beating

HEART failure is one of the top conditions generating the most visits to emergency departments, including at Ballarat Health Services. BHS cardiac nurse practitioner Linda...

July 10, 2022

Doors open to historic hidden gem

SINCE 1978, the Sebastopol Historical Society has been based in the heritage-rich former Sebastopol Primary School building on Yarrowee Street. But did you know they...

July 9, 2022

New wine room makes its mark

WHEN Doveton Street’s restaurant Underbar would finish service for the night, often staff including Anthony Schuurs would sit up at the bar together and...

July 9, 2022

Network support for SoupBus

OVER recent months, the Ballarat Business Women network has raised hundreds of dollars for a key emergency relief operation. The organisation has raised $880 for...

July 8, 2022

Meeting to talk trucks and traffic

BUNINYONG and District Community Association will host a public meeting about the town’s traffic safety. To be held at the Buninyong Town Hall on Thursday,...

July 8, 2022

Teatime funds to FECRI

BALLARAT North’s Midlands Terrace Retirement Village has raised hundreds of dollars for the Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute. Midlands Terrace Social Committee chair Dorothy McDonald...

July 8, 2022

Ballet eisteddfod exceeds expectations

FOUR days, one hundred and fifty dancers, three hundred and eighty-two performances and two adjudicators made up the inaugural Ballarat Ballet Eisteddfod last week. Ninety...

July 7, 2022

Award for Dementia Trail design

WATTLE Flat’s Thomson Hay Landscape Architects have been celebrated for their work on the Dementia Friendly Forest and Sensory Trail. David Hay and Heidi Mikulic...

July 7, 2022

Skate to cool Bollywood beats

IF you’re prone to busting a few moves on the dance floor, why not see if they translate to the ice? Disco and Bollywood-themed skating...

July 7, 2022

Gallery facade getting refresh

THE Art Gallery of Ballarat’s iconic one-hundred and thirty-two-year-old facade will soon be back to its best following cleaning and restoration works. City of Ballarat...

July 7, 2022

Pushing the limits in the pool

BALLARAT Gold Swimming Club member Ed Meddings could find himself part of the next generation of iconic Dolphins in the Australian Swim Team. Following recent...

July 4, 2022

Linton’s planted sculptures to slither

LINTON’s new living sculptures project is shaping up to weave through Edinburgh Reserve like slithering animals. Wadawurrung artist Kait James, and fellow creative Forest Keegel...

July 4, 2022

Auction aims to fund scoreboard

CARNGHAM-Linton Football Netball Club have some goals to kick this season, and beyond, but need some funds to get there. The club is running a...