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

November 26, 2021

Groups align against family violence

CAFS has reinforced its commitment to inclusivity by re-signing as a Communities of Respect and Equality Alliance partner. A five-year-old Women’s Health Grampians initiative, the...

November 26, 2021

City hosts Vietnam Veterans’ conference

THE 2021 state Vietnam Veterans’ Association of Australia conference was held in Ballarat this month. The Vietnam Veterans’ Association of Australia Ballarat Sub-Branch hosted 80...

November 26, 2021

Saving mothers, babies, and the planet

THE Zonta Club of Ballarat and the Wendouree Cricket Club have partnered to put together birthing kits, designed to decrease developing countries’ maternal and...

November 25, 2021

Council takes a Gamble on new mayor

JUST over twelve months into his first term on council, Cr Gavin Gamble has been elected the mayor of the Golden Plains Shire for...

November 25, 2021

Live fest illuminating Teesdale

LIGHTS and sounds will liven Teesdale as the sun goes down on Saturday, 4 December. Teesdale Turtle Bend Committee’s free twilight music festival and lantern...

November 25, 2021

Immersive tech for STEM school

LEARNING about skills of the future is only getting more exciting and interactive for secondary students engaged in science, technology, engineering and maths at...

November 25, 2021

Looking to the local future of water

BARWON Water has been thinking long-term and is now encouraging customers to give feedback on a draft pricing, and Water for Our Future strategies. Managing...

November 25, 2021

BADAC films keep history alive

A FIRST-hand digital history of Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative is now accessible to the broader community. As part of their 40th anniversary celebrations, BADAC...

November 21, 2021

Carving landscapes in lino

SMYTHES Creek printmaker Marie Mason is the latest visual artist to present work within the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s Backspace. A master of colourful reduction...

November 20, 2021

Radio icon switching off after 65 years

SINCE the late-sixties, former 3BA managing director Peter Caligari has been one of Ballarat’s most iconic and generous local radio personalities. But in recent weeks,...

November 20, 2021

Refugee group appeals for assistance

IT’S been twenty years since Australian Defence Force personnel rescued asylum seekers from the freight ship Tampa near Christmas Island. In the same year, hundreds...

November 20, 2021

Online raffle buoying dragon boats

THE SpringFest Online Raffle will be drawn in just under two weeks, so there’s still plenty of time to purchase a ticket, or ten,...

November 20, 2021

Crafts, friends and fun in Sheila’s Shed

WHILE staying at her son’s home, Isabel Birch was tasked with decorating some of his handmade wooden scissor-holders. Brightening them up with paint and stickers,...

November 19, 2021

Local SES Unit busier than ever

VICTORIA State Emergency Services volunteers have been active for seven decades, yet the state’s units were collectively called out to more jobs in the...

November 19, 2021

Local papers put Ballarat’s name in bold

STORYTELLERS of Ballarat stopped the presses at the annual Community Newspaper Association of Victoria Awards earlier in the month. Local grassroots publications were finalists in...

November 19, 2021

Small grants boosting Buninyong

MULTIPLE Buninyong community groups are set to benefit from Federal funding that was distributed by Member for Ballarat Catherine King last week. The Senior Citizens...

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 19, 2021

Masterful Christmas cooking at Carols

SUNDAY, 19 December will be packed with Christmas cheer and song as Carols by Candlelight returns, welcoming tens of thousands to Mars Stadium. The program...

November 19, 2021

Champions of activity appointed

FOUR new ambassadors have been named to the City of Ballarat’s Active Women and Girls Program for the next twelve months. All passionate about female...

November 18, 2021

New CFA ute a beaut

BANNOCKBURN CFA will expand their fleet of emergency service vehicles in the new year. The community fire brigade has received a grant of just under...

November 18, 2021

Linton cricket nets under construction

KIRK McDonald remembers bowling and batting in the Linton Cricket Club nets as a kid. Decades on, now the club’s president and junior coordinator, he...

November 18, 2021

Moon fest full of family fun

BANNOCKBURN Bush Reserve was alive with community activity on Sunday, as its Friends group and Geelong Landcare Network hosted the long-awaited Full Moon Festival. Although...

November 16, 2021

Rebel voices heard through song

THIS year, the Eureka Centre is keeping annual Stockade anniversary commemorations in the family. On Friday, 3 December - the 167th anniversary of the Eureka...

November 16, 2021

16 days of anti-violence activism

THE Zonta Club of Ballarat will participate in Sixteen Days of Activism later this month, standing against violence towards women. Their campaigning will begin with...