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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 29, 2021

Wheeler Centre talk explores economic restoration

ECONOMIST Professor Ross Garnaut will present at the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute next month as part of their partnership with The Wheeler Centre. Discussing the themes...

May 29, 2021

Donation helps to train neonatal nurses

A SCHOLARSHIP funded by the Albert Coates Memorial Trust is supporting Ballarat Health Services’ neonatal nurses’ professional development. In April, the Leckie family, represented by...

May 29, 2021

Pineapple bags raise Guide Dog puppies

EVER hauled your groceries home in a reusable carry bag with a vibrant pineapple graphic on the front? That Coles community bag was designed by...

May 29, 2021

Purple brightens night for IBDs

THE Town Hall’s clockface brightened the night with purple light last week, drawing attention to World Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Day. Lake Wendouree and Lake Penhalluriack’s...

May 28, 2021

Building healthy, safe, supportive spaces

INTEGRA has made a significant contribution to the 2021 Greater Ballarat Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal campaign, which has a focus on homelessness. The property...

May 28, 2021

Charities stocked as winter arrives

SIXTEEN pallets-worth of food has been purchased by the 3BA Winter Appeal to ensure their benefiting charities can provide families with emergency supplies as...

May 27, 2021

Dereel marks Soldiers’ Hall centenary

THE Dereel community recognised the one hundredth anniversary of the construction of their Soldiers’ Memorial Hall last Saturday. Approximately 100 people from the district, and...

May 27, 2021

Week spotlights palliative care

THE work of organisations like Ballarat Hospice Care is illuminated this National Palliative Care Week. Ballarat Hospice Care CEO Carita Clancy said their staff and...

May 27, 2021

Success in footy, friendship and life

WITH an average winning margin of ninety-four points, Ballarat YCW Football Club’s junior third eighteen side became champions and premiers of the 1969 footy...

May 26, 2021

Potential Ballarat COVID case under investigation

A COVID-19 test result of an overseas returned traveller in Ballarat is currently being thoroughly investigated. The person presented to Ballarat Health Services last night,...

May 26, 2021

20 years of the Highlands’ Local LEN

THE Highlands Local Learning and Employment Network will celebrate their twentieth anniversary this Friday, 28 May. Highlands LLEN’s fourth executive officer, Jannine Bennett said the...

May 26, 2021

Everyone loves books

PARTIAL to a browse of a second-hand book fair? This weekend, the two-day Inverleigh Book Bazaar will offer thousands of one and two-dollar books, raising...

May 25, 2021

Art Space shines for sensory seekers

VISUAL artist Emily Van Der Molen calls herself a sponge. “I take in all the energy from the world around me, and I can transform...

May 24, 2021

Golf Club part of tyre trial

IN a bid to improve sand bunker drainage and environmental impacts, the Ballarat Golf Club will trial a new product made from the rubber...

May 23, 2021

One hundred years of a merged Ballaarat

NEXT Tuesday will mark the centenary of one of the most significant handshakes Ballarat has ever seen. On 25 May, 1921, the area’s two councils,...

May 23, 2021

High’s alumni to reconnect and give back

BALLARAT High School is offering former students the opportunity to reconnect with their alma mater, and make a contribution. A participant of the not-for-profit Ourschool...

May 21, 2021

Celebrating the Soldier Settlement centenary

THE one hundred-year anniversary of Mannibadar’s Soldier Settlement will be marked next month. On Sunday, 6 June, a community celebration involving the adult children and...

May 21, 2021

Show helps artists move forward together

CREATIVE collective, Golden Plains Arts Inc are Moving Forward this June and July. Artists within the group, all based in the Golden Plains Shire, will...

May 21, 2021

Train build benefits local jobs

TWENTY-five new high-capacity trains will be built by Alstom in Ballarat, creating one hundred and fifty local jobs. Acting Premier James Merlino said the trains...

May 21, 2021

Time, skills, passion…

BALLARAT Hospice Care has marked this National Volunteer Week by shining the spotlight on those who donate their time to the organisation. In line with...

May 21, 2021

IDAHOBIT solidifies empathy and kindness

THIS week’s International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia was recognised by Ballarat High School. To establish an even greater sense of empathy and...

May 20, 2021

Junior walker races to the top

YOUNG athlete Fraser Saunder is proud be contributing to Ballarat’s “rich history” of racewalking in a big way. The Ballarat Grammar year 11 student recently...

May 19, 2021

Think about business differently

ENTERPRISING people are invited to attend next week’s Commerce Ballarat Business Day Out to gain tips, tricks, and resources to level-up their brand or...

May 18, 2021

20 slides, 20 seconds at Sovereign Hill

THE first Pecha Kucha presentation on rare arts and forgotten trades will be held later this month at Sovereign Hill. From 5.30pm on Friday, 21...