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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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January 9, 2019

Western Front tour visits fallen Chinese ANZACS

TWO Chinese Anzacs from Golden Point have been recognised during a tour of World War One battlefields and war cemeteries on Europe’s Western Front. The...

January 9, 2019

Working hard for women

IF you were asked to name a local service club, then chances are, Rotary or Lions Clubs might come to mind. But there’s another...

January 9, 2019

Summer reading sorted with school’s Street Library

GLEN Park Primary School has become home to one of five registered Street Libraries in Ballarat, encouraging children across town to borrow, read and...

January 9, 2019

BBQ trailer supports veterans

A SHINING new barbeque trailer is servicing the community – specifically veterans – thanks to volunteering by the VicWest sub-branch of the Military Brotherhood’s...

January 9, 2019

2018 regional Victoria road toll down

REGIONAL Victoria’s road toll has dropped in the last year. On Friday morning, Minister for Roads, Jaala Pulford announced 2018 statistics were significantly different from...

January 3, 2019

Hot competition as Porra plays for Aus

YOUNG Ballarat goal keeper, Zaige Porra, has just returned from the Under 21 2018 Fiji Hockey International in December where he represented Australia. Securing a...

January 2, 2019

Magpie Street protest hit by vandalism

SIGNS protesting the loss of community park space in Mt Pleasant were vandalised recently, five years after they were put up. Both signs were originally...

December 26, 2018

Super Rugby to play at Mars Stadium

A SUPER rugby practice match will be held at Mars Stadium on Friday, 1 February. The Melbourne Rebels will clash with the Queensland Reds in...

December 26, 2018

Community support keeps Lola & May trading

WOMEN’S clothing store, Lola & May has continued to trade this Christmas period, despite water damage to their Sturt Street premises. Managing Director, Sarah Kirby...

December 26, 2018

Ballarat Rush rebrands with Selkirk

SELKIRK Pty Ltd will be the new Naming Rights Partner of senior elite women’s basketball team, Ballarat Rush, for the next three years. At the...

December 26, 2018

Racing into 2019

THE annual Burrumbeet Cup will jump from the starting barriers this New Year’s Day at Burrumbeet Racecourse. Hosted by Burrumbeet and Windermere Racing Club, the...

December 26, 2018

Ballarat fully connected to NBN

CONSTRUCTION of the National Broadband Network across Ballarat is now complete. Alfredton, Delacombe and Redan were the last to be switched on last week, now...

December 19, 2018

Fawcett Cup on the track again

THE annual Geordie Fawcett Memorial Cup event hit the Ballarat Light Car Club’s Motor Sport Complex at the Ballarat Airport recently. Stawell’s Reg Johnson said...

December 19, 2018

Positivity fuels Boxing champion

WHEN Jack Denahy wanted to give boxing a go, it took some convincing to get his dad, Chris Denahy on board. “No mate,” Mr Denahy...

December 19, 2018

Ballarat West’s mining story

A SECOND volume in Doug Bradby’s series, The Astonishing History of Ballarat hit the shelves of bookshops across town on Friday afternoon. This volume sees...

December 19, 2018

Summer show for Artists’ Society

CATCH the Ballarat Society of 0Artists’ Summer Exhibition, open for free to the public at Trades Hall this week. A range of original works of...

December 19, 2018

Finding their tribe

PARTICIPANTS of Ballarat Community Health’s Voices for Change attended their graduation ceremony on Tuesday, December 11. The pilot initiative has run for 12 months, building...

December 19, 2018

Today’s students design for tomorrow

FOUR groups of Mount Clear College’s year nine students presented their own entrepreneurial technology ideas to business and industry leaders at Runway on Thursday,...

December 12, 2018

Toy Run hits the road

OVER 280 motorcycles hit the road on Saturday morning for the annual Toy Run through Ballarat, collecting toys and raising funds for the 3BA...

December 12, 2018

Junior judoka’s silver success

LORETO College student, Ella Sevior has won a silver medal at the recent Judo Victoria State Championships in Broadmeadows. She said having the medal placed...

December 12, 2018

Joy in a box for children in need

ONE-hundred and fifty-five local children in need will each receive a shoe-box of gifts this Christmas as a result of the Boxes of Joy...

December 12, 2018

A passion for cricket to share

NATARSHA Williams has always loved cricket. She’s passionately played and watched the game since she was a young girl. But it wasn’t until her own...

December 12, 2018

Christmas ’Rat run kids will love

THE story of Balla and Pete Rat is set to engage and delight families this Christmas following the installation of Visit Ballarat’s festive arts...

December 12, 2018

Small parts, big opportunity

MCCALLUM Industries is celebrating a new partnership with road transport manufacturer MaxiTRANS that’s opening up opportunities for people with disabilities to participate in a dynamic...

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