About: Edwina Williams

Planning for future growth

A DRAFT Growth Areas Framework Plan has been put out to the public for viewing and feedback by City of Ballarat officers. The aim of...

Energy rebates, rent relief lead cost-of-living federal budget

ENERGY rebates for every household, a cap on the price of prescriptions and further relief for renters have led cost-of-living relief measures in the...

Josh Risdon Western United

IN 2019, Western United Football Club signed their first-ever player. This was Josh Risdon, who would go onto become a United fan-favourite, on field for...

United honours season’s best players

WESTERN United Football Club have awarded their top players and team members at their recent gala night to conclude the 2023 to 2024 A-League...

Heritage in bloom at garden party

BALLARAT Heritage Festival has arrived, and as part of the program, you're invited to a garden party over the weekend. The Ballarat East Heritage Garden...

Premier makes visit to Mount Clear

PREMIER Jacinta Allan was in Ballarat's Mount Clear last week to promote the State Government's funding allocation to the Get Active Kids Voucher Program...

Big day out for those in business

FACING and overcoming challenges in enterprise will be a major theme of this month's Commerce Ballarat Business Day Out at The Goods Shed on...

School building opens with a bang!

ST Alipius Parish School's students and teachers have celebrated the opening of an extension to their multipurpose space. Upgrades include the addition of an acoustically...

Greyhounds

BALLARAT Greyhound Racing Club's new Racing Operations Centre has been officially opened in Redan.

Worth $3.5 million, the Morshead Park-based centre includes 112 large kennels...

Rower qualifies for Trans-Tasman regatta

WENDOUREE-Ballarat Rowing Club athlete Lucy Richardson has made the Under 21 Australian Rowing Team ahead of the Trans Tasman Regatta with New Zealand in...

Record scholarships for uni students

FEDERATION University has reported a record number of student scholarship recipients in 2024. This year, 254 people enrolled at FedUni are sharing a scholarship pool...

State water polo

BALLARAT Water Polo Club members are having a successful 2024. Junior player Eleanor Justin has been selected for the 17 and Under Water Polo Victoria...

St James school up for sustainability honour

SEBASTOPOL'S St James Parish Primary School has been named a finalist in two categories of the ResourceSmart awards for sustainability in schools. St James' students...

Lose yourself in desert style

A CITY of palm trees in southern California's Sonoran Desert has inspired an exhibition now on at the Art Gallery of Ballarat. Lost in Palm...

Mothers’ grief not forgotten

A SHORT Mothers' Day service will be held at Alfredton's Garden of the Grieving Mother, adjacent to the Arch of Victory. To begin at 11am...

Tunes to take you back to the 60s

DID you love the musical performances of television variety shows in the 1960s? Known as Australia's modern kings of variety television, The Robertson Brothers are...

Stories of the lucky ones

AUTHOR Melinda Ham is coming to Ballarat to discuss her latest work. She will be in conversation with local journalist Dellaram Vreeland about stories of...

Comic shares the beauty of neurodiversity

STAND-up comedian, singer and podcaster Em Rusciano has announced she will perform in Ballarat as part of a fifteen-date national tour. Her new show, Outgrown,...

Scouts venture into four-day hikes

NINETEEN Ballarat Venturer Scouts have taken on challenging four-day adventures as part of the Queen's Scout Awards process. Ballarat District Venturer Scout leader Kirstyn Hall...

Tennis players make royal visit to UK

SIX Ballarat Tennis Club members will compete in the Real Tennis World Masters in England this month. Stuart Strange, John Faull, Wayne Spring, Ross Troon,...

First festival a marathon effort

OVER four thousand seven hundred runners, joggers, walkers and wheelchair athletes took part in the inaugural Ballarat Marathon festival last weekend. The two-day program included...

Author shares dark, wintry story

AS winters arrive in Ballarat, so do darker days, and local author Robbi Neal has applied this chilling atmosphere to her latest book. With Winter...

Royal sport a hit for 40 years

MEMBERS of Ballarat Tennis Club marked the group's fortieth anniversary with an on-court dinner last month. The royal tennis club was established on Larter Street,...

Help needed for new Buninyong newsletter

VOLUNTEERS are being sought to join the new Village Voice: Buninyong and District Community News production team.

After a hiatus of more than two years,...