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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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April 24, 2023

Remembering them on Anzac Day

INVERLEIGH RSL members are set to be busier than ever this Anzac Day, staging a packed program of events to acknowledge and honour fallen...

April 23, 2023

Gifts galore ahead of Mothers’ Day

NOW in its ninth year, the Creators and Craft Market is back in the Golden Plains Shire this May. Close to 40 artistic stallholders are...

April 21, 2023

Head back in time at a slow trot

THE clip-clopping of Clydesdale hooves is set to be heard throughout Lake Wendouree’s gardens precinct this weekend. Australia’s oldest operating tram, horse tram number one,...

April 21, 2023

Comm Games prep for businesses

WITH the regional Victorian Commonwealth Games only three years away, the next Golden Plains Shire Northern Business Network event will focus on how local...

April 21, 2023

Vets to stage show of shuttles

HAVING hosted the event for more than forty years, Ballarat Badminton Association will run their annual Victorian Badminton Veterans Association tournament this weekend. Five hundred...

April 17, 2023

Addison to chair enviro committee

MEMBER for Wendouree Juliana Addison has been appointed chair of a Parliamentary Environment and Planning Committee. Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, and Department...

April 15, 2023

Fun night out for STEM learning

AN Autumn Night Festival is set to support the learning of Inverleigh Primary School students. School council members, including Kloe Woods, are hosting the Saturday...

April 14, 2023

Next business booklet on the way

BANNOCKBURN and District Chamber of Commerce’s third annual business directory is set to be released this winter, and advertising spaces are now available for...

April 14, 2023

Badminton ref is smashing it

IN the sports pages of any newspaper, athlete achievements are often the most prominent. But behind the scenes, volunteers, officials, and referees are playing a...

April 12, 2023

Group sews dignity for Nepalese women

BUNINYONG’S YAKS Sewing Group isn’t just crafting with fabric, they’re creating change. They’ve been making hygiene and menstrual packs for Nepalese women by sewing shields,...

April 12, 2023

Peer support group for survivors

MEETINGS for survivors of sexual abuse are coming to Ballarat. An initiative of Creswick’s Bloom Well-being and national organisation The Survivor Hub, the MeetUps program...

April 8, 2023

Collective pools support for DV services

A DECADE ago, Kylie Johanson and her two-year-old child fled their home, survivors of domestic violence. Although she had developed the courage to leave, Ms...

April 8, 2023

Cycling relay for good health

A NUMBER of Ballarat cyclists tackled the Murray to Moyne relay last weekend, riding five hundred and twenty kilometres in just over twenty-four hours...

April 6, 2023

Gym pushing to healthy new height

FACES in fitness are changing in Bannockburn. The Burnfit247 gym on High Street will now be run by Habitual Health’s Anna Furniss, who has been...

April 6, 2023

Statue of war doctor to be unveiled

REGIONAL Arts Victoria’s Women’s Public Art Program will bear fruit at Linton within the next two weeks. A bronze sculpture of Linton-born Dr Vera Scantlebury...

April 6, 2023

Escape the ordinary these holidays

THIS Easter looks to be egg-citing for young people with lots of school holiday activities on offer across the Golden Plains Shire. A program from...

April 1, 2023

How to fill the volunteer gap

THROUGHOUT pandemic lockdowns, many, if not most, volunteer programs in Ballarat were shut down, from hospitals to schools to sports clubs. “The impact of that...

April 1, 2023

Shed’s garden needs a green-thumb

DO you have an interest in horticulture, some spare time, and a desire to help the community? The Linton Men’s Shed are seeking a volunteer...

April 1, 2023

Walk, talk and forage

YOU may not think you need some of the weeds that pop up in your garden, but an education session led by a Geelong...

April 1, 2023

New lead for hospital works

A CHIEF redevelopment and infrastructure officer has been appointed at Grampians Health. A site engineer, and construction industry professional of 25 years, Veronica Furnier-Tosco is...

March 31, 2023

Brigade’s juniors on fire at states

NAPOLEONS-Enfield Fire Brigade has a bright future ahead, with many enthusiastic and talented young people involved in their junior program. Sixteen of them competed within...

March 31, 2023

Singing, dancing in the street

CRESFEST’S committee and volunteers are welcoming the world to Creswick this weekend as the second annual festival of live music and dancing kicks off...

March 31, 2023

The landscape and the Lindsays

ALTHOUGH Creswick will be pumping with live music this weekend, there are other programmed events on offer to engage curious explorers and visual art-lovers. An...

March 31, 2023

Wins for the Warriors at states

BALLARAT North’s Southern Warriors Martial Arts club made an impact at the annual Shinkyokushin Victorian State Championships in Footscray last weekend. Sixteen competitors, from juniors...