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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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October 31, 2021

Spotting species in all shapes and sizes

AN informative and updated brochure of local native plants has been produced by three environmental groups. Friends of the Canadian Corridor, the Leigh Catchment Group,...

October 31, 2021

Awards fund artists’ projects

NINE local visual and performing artists are the latest recipients of Ballarat Arts Foundation Awards grants. Painter and photographer Melissa Wilson, theatre performer and director...

October 30, 2021

Raffle sales to boost beneficiaries

THE Rotary Club of Ballarat is encouraging people to snap up tickets for their 2021 SpringFest Online Raffle fundraiser before it concludes on 30...

October 30, 2021

Lime tree thanks zestful gardener

A FOUR-metre lime tree with meaning is a new part of the landscape at BGT’s Barkly Square, the site of the former Ballarat East...

October 29, 2021

Ideas for a better future

BALLARAT Grammar year nine students have developed their own socially innovative product and service ideas, with an aim to address issues impacting teenagers. Last week,...

October 29, 2021

Young voices in the house

FEDERATION College students have experienced what it’s like to be a State politician on Spring Street, participating in The YMCA Victorian Youth Parliament. Six local...

October 29, 2021

Law firm gets behind fund run

THE staff at Heinz Law are ready to Run for A Cause, having contributed ten thousand dollars to the Ballarat Foundation fundraising campaign. The 2021...

October 29, 2021

Nurse named a top trainee

VICTORIA’S Trainee of the Year award was recently presented to Federation TAFE Diploma of Nursing student Samantha Brown. The 29-year-old has undertaken a practical placement...

October 28, 2021

Families ready and raring to reunite

FROM Friday evening, metropolitan and regional Victorian residents who’ve been kept apart by COVID-19 restrictions will be able to reunite. While families and friends get...

October 28, 2021

Industrial estate helps grow local workforce

THERE are some new faces out at the Ballarat West Employment Zone, also known as BWEZ. New tenants include metal manufacturer Chris’ Body Builders, agricultural...

October 28, 2021

TAC rewards road-safe clubs

THE Lake Wendouree and Redan football netball clubs have both been awarded Club Rewards Program grants from the Transport Accident Commission. Valued at $10,000, the...

October 27, 2021

COVID-19 cases plateauing

VICTORIA’S COVID-19 commander Jeroen Weimar said daily case numbers have reached a “plateau” two days before a further easing of restrictions. The state recorded another...

October 27, 2021

Libraries a vax certificate help hub

RESIDENTS in need of assistance in accessing or saving their Medicare COVID-19 vaccination certificates can attend Ballarat Libraries for help. The Doveton Street, Sebastopol and...

October 26, 2021

Brass is back in the band room

THE sound of brass is once more filling the Creswick air. Creswick Brass Band is back together and rehearsing in person, currently hosted by the...

October 24, 2021

Art show promotes positive mental health

BALLARAT Mental Health Collective’s annual art show is now online. Within the Mental Health Month Art Exhibition, 62 works by 24 artists have been presented....

October 24, 2021

Arts space makes for creative hub

CAMP Street’s The Lost Ones Makers Studio remains a place for artists to sit and create, although it’s constantly developing. Alex Bayley of Bay Leaf...

October 24, 2021

Students share stories of compassion

IN partnership with Compassionate Ballarat, Loreto College students Eliza McCrum and Chloe Stevens have published a book. Compassion Heroes Ballarat has been developed by the...

October 23, 2021

Green shoots in canopy project

THE City of Ballarat is two years into its urban forest project as it seeks to achieve a tree canopy cover of forty per...

October 23, 2021

Historic Steiglitz gets its close up

ARCHIVAL photographs of the small, historic mining settlement of Steiglitz will be exhibited in Meredith later this month. Curated by the Meredith History Interest Group,...

October 23, 2021

Keeping households fed and informed

BALLARAT Regional Multicultural Council has received State funding to ensure new and emerging communities and seniors are kept safe, healthy and informed. With Priority Response...

October 23, 2021

School celebrates 60 years of learning

WENDOUREE’S Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School marked their sixtieth anniversary last Friday. Opening on 15 October, 1961 with two rooms on site, the...

October 22, 2021

The show will go on… and rock you

THE full season of Ballarat Lyric Theatre’s production of We Will Rock You will be staged next year, following the show’s closure in July...

October 21, 2021

Hospital adds COVID-19 triage tent

A LARGE temporary marquee has been installed at the back of the Ballarat Base Hospital to act as a COVID-19 triage space for the...

October 21, 2021

Students demand climate action

YOUNG students and their supporters rallied for immediate government action on climate change outside Town Hall last Monday. Participant and member of the School Strike...

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