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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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May 12, 2022

Progress group aims to grow

THE Linton and District Progress Association is seeking additional members to support their work aimed at advancing and beautifying the town. Former president Kylie Turville...

May 7, 2022

Pearson’s prints in Aussie bird book

A NEW bird book for art-loving twitchers features the work of a Haddon printmaker and ornithologist. Published by the CSIRO, Penny Olsen’s Feather and Brush:...

May 6, 2022

Ideas and inspiration at Business Day Out

COMMERCE Ballarat’s next Business Day Out will be held later this month, and the region’s business community is being invited to network and learn...

May 6, 2022

Passing on a love of reading

GET your winter reading ready and support a good cause as the Inverleigh Book Bazaar returns on the last weekend in autumn. Coordinator Katrina Robson...

May 6, 2022

UAP leader visits Ballarat

UNITED Australia Party leader Craig Kelly was in Ballarat last week while on a whistle-stop tour of regional Victoria meeting with his party’s Federal...

May 5, 2022

A spiffy show of fancy footwork

THE sixth and final competition round of the Golden Spurs Dressage Series was held last weekend at Smythesdale’s Woady Yaloak Equestrian Centre. The Ballarat Adult...

May 5, 2022

New and inviting Linton pantry opens

LINTON Shire Hall tenants Linton Community Inc have officially opened their new Community Pantry spaces, with the ribbon cut by Federal Member for Ballarat...

May 5, 2022

Young basketballer celebrated – Golden Plains Shire council meeting briefs

SMYTHES Creek resident Riley Dunn received a citizen recognition award during April’s Golden Plains Shire council’s regular meeting. The passionate 16-year-old basketballer received the nod...

May 4, 2022

Classic fun run for breast cancer research

THE Women in Super Mother’s Day Classic returns to Ballarat next weekend, celebrating twenty-five years of the fun run fundraiser. 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 30, 2022

Freedom a focus for fresh UAP face

THE United Australia Party’s Terri Pryse-Smith will contest the Federal seat of Ballarat in next month’s election. A recently retired agricultural science businessperson, former teacher...

April 29, 2022

Site goes live to prevent suicide

BALLARAT Community Health and Western Victoria Primary Health Network have partnered to produce another suicide prevention tool. The Ballarat Mental Health Support website went live...

April 28, 2022

Association lead advocating for Batesford

BATESFORD Golden Plains Residents and Ratepayers Association has elected Stephen Condon as its new president. Mr Condon has a background in investment banking and has...

April 28, 2022

Teesdale remembers the fallen

HUNDREDS of Teesdale community members attended the town’s early-morning Anzac Day service earlier in the week to remember and honour Australia and New Zealand’s...

April 28, 2022

The valley’s very happy home for wildlife

AFTER the Black Summer bushfires, Happy Valley’s Liz Howard volunteered at a wildlife shelter for two years. “They said, ‘why don’t you become a carer?’...

April 28, 2022

Hall new home for community groups

THREE grassroots groups have been named as the Linton Shire Hall’s new tenants for twelve months as the space transitions to a centre for...

April 28, 2022

Woady wellbeing boosted at kinder

SCARSDALE’S Woady Yaloak Kindergarten has completed the free Victorian Healthy Early Childhood Services Achievement Program which encourages healthy living, learning, working, and playing for...

April 25, 2022

Fair to help jobseekers find work

NEXT week’s big Ballarat Jobs Fair is set to connect entry-level and experienced workers to vacant employment opportunities. The expo inside the Ballarat Showgrounds pavilion...

April 25, 2022

Big siblings making a bigger impact

MENTORSHIP program Big Brothers Big Sisters Ballarat will celebrate and generate supportive social connections at their upcoming ‘friendraiser’ dinner this month. BBBS Ballarat links vulnerable...

April 25, 2022

Fresh Voice creating something special

AFTER three years leading community radio station Voice FM, Ron Egeberg will step down from the position of board chair. Mr Egeberg has been diagnosed...

April 24, 2022

Lest we forget – Anzac Day events for Monday, 25 April.

Anzac Day events for Monday, 25 April. CRESWICK DAWN SERVICE. 5.50am, Albert Street cenotaph, Creswick. Followed by a gunfire breakfast at the Senior Citizens’ Centre.   CORINDHAP...

April 24, 2022

Brothers by blood, brothers in arms

AN Anzac Day service at the Arch of Victory will again share the names and human stories of many fallen Ballarat servicepeople. Arch of Victory-Avenue...

April 19, 2022

Girls’ soccer scene scores tournament

INAUGURAL junior girls’ tournament the Western United Cup will be held at the Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility in spring. The three-day competition for young statewide...

April 19, 2022

South’s creative kaleidoscope on show

THE Bannockburn Cultural Centre will be full of creativity next week, showcasing the recovering local arts scene. Rosslyn Bosnar said the arts “suffered everywhere” throughout...