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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

Posts by: Edwina Williams

January 3, 2023

Tips on staying sun safe this summer

THERE may not have been consistent sunny days so far this summer, but it’s important to remember to be sun safe on the days...

December 18, 2022

Sister acts on stage at CresFest

CRESFEST organisers have announced another batch of artists who are set to play Creswick’s folk, roots, and dance festival in April. Convenor Judy Turner said...

December 16, 2022

Boating risks flagged ahead of holidays

GOULBURN-Murray Water is encouraging those heading to lakes and rivers for recreation this summer to be aware of risk. After spring’s flooding events, water levels...

December 10, 2022

Program seeks second-hand pairs of eye glasses

DO you have any old pairs of glasses at home that you no longer wear or need? Specsavers Bendigo Marketplace staff are encouraging the community...

December 2, 2022

RoadNats ready to roll in 2023

BALLARAT is set to be a city of bikes for another summer as the Federation University Road National Cycling Championships roll back to the...

November 10, 2022

Piecing it together

CAST and crew of Synchronicity Performing Arts’ Shards! series of plays bumped into the Engine Room last Sunday, beginning their in-theatre dress rehearsals of...

November 5, 2022

Starr wins major art prize

PHOTOGRAPHER Lauren Starr has won the national Bluethumb Art Prize. Inspired by Greek mythology, her image Midas’ Daughter II took the blue-ribbon award worth $150,000. Starr...

November 4, 2022

New CFA, SES stations for Rochester

DAMAGED by last month’s floods, the Rochester CFA and SES stations will be rebuilt by the State. Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Emergency Services...

October 29, 2022

Ribbon cut on Bloods’ new home

UPGRADES to Kennington Recreation Reserve have been declared complete after a ribbon cutting event last week. The $4.9 million in works was a jointly funded...

October 28, 2022

Flood relief centre closes

THE City of Greater Bendigo emergency relief centre at the Bendigo Showgrounds has closed, which was set up to support those affected by this...

October 28, 2022

Classrooms pledged for Camp Hill

CAMP Hill Primary School will gain new permanent classrooms if Labor forms government after next month’s State election. Member for Bendigo West, and the electorate’s...

August 19, 2022

Hope blooms this Daffodil Day

AS the thirty-sixth Daffodil Day approaches on Thursday, 25 August, those who have been touched by cancer are encouraging the community to support the...

August 19, 2022

Push for safer cars for young drivers

ONE hundred and fifty young regional drivers are being sought to take part in the State’s unsafe2safe trial. The program’s aim is to get drivers...

July 29, 2022

Week about giving a lifesaving gift

BRIAN Rowe enjoys his rural life, doing work around the farm, and getting involved with his local football-netball club, CFA and Landcare groups. But in...

July 22, 2022

Young Indigenous advocate awarded

BENDIGO Senior Secondary College student Amelia Leach has received the Zonta Club of Bendigo’s inaugural Indigenous Women and Girls’ Achievement Award. The young volunteer has...

June 26, 2022

Chinese focus for Gallery’s new shows

CHINESE art and culture will be spot lit by Bendigo Art Gallery from August. Two exhibitions, Treasures of Dai Gum San, and In Our Time:...

June 3, 2022

Shake, rattle and donate for the Salvos

THE Salvation Army Bendigo are encouraging residents and businesses to donate to this year’s Red Shield Appeal, head out to shake a bucket, or...

May 4, 2022

Classic fun run for breast cancer research

THE Women in Super Mother’s Day Classic returns to Bendigo next weekend, celebrating twenty-five years of the fundraising fun run. Joggers and walkers are invited...

May 2, 2022

Young leader heads Business Day Out

NEXT month’s Commerce Ballarat Business Day Out line-up will include former Young Western Australian of the Year Abdullahi Alim as keynote speaker. Mr Alim originally...

April 16, 2022

Jail house to rock at music Kwiz

FOR more than a decade, new episodes of music quiz show RocKwiz tested and entertained Australian television viewers. Presented by Julia Zemiro and Brian Nankervis,...

April 5, 2022

For the love of reading

IN a month’s time, Clunes will be at its bookish best as the historic town’s famous literary festival returns. The iconic Fraser Street will be...

January 12, 2022

National Boys Choir on the Goldfields

THE National Boys Choir of Australia will bring Sacred Heart Cathedral alive in classical song this Friday. As part of their Gippsland to Goldfields series...

November 19, 2021

Shedders’ story told in new book

THE first Australian men’s shed was established in rural South Australia in 1993, and the concept has since boomed, with more than two-and-a-half thousand...

November 11, 2021

Alliance unites for business advocacy

STRIVING to be a collective voice for business associations and chambers of commerce outside Melbourne, the Victorian Regional Chamber Alliance is now operational. Officially launching...