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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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December 1, 2023

Event to celebrate everyone’s abilities

THE 2023 International Day of People with Disability will fall on Sunday 3 December and community members are set to mark the occasion the...

December 1, 2023

State honours natural ag project

ROKEWOOD natural agriculture community, Moonlight Creek, has won a Premier’s Sustainability Award. An initiative of Kyneton-based landscape restoration group, Cassinia Environmental, the project took out...

December 1, 2023

See how the garden is growing

INTERESTED to leave a green-thumbed mark on the Meredith Community Garden, or just want to see how it’s been going and growing? A garden open...

December 1, 2023

A slice of stories, songs, and slapstick

HAVING served the first slice earlier this spring, the Bard in Buninyong’s actors are set to stage the second half of their telling of...

December 1, 2023

Rowing coach named one of nation’s best

WENDOUREE-Ballarat Rowing Club is celebrating after one of their own received a top Rowing Australia honour. Jamie McDonald was named Pathways Coach of the Year...

December 1, 2023

Help crown Ballarat’s best sportsperson

IS there a high-performing athlete or club member in your life that is making an outstanding impact in their sporting field? The Ballarat Sportsmen’s Club...

November 27, 2023

What does safety mean to you?

A PHOTOGRAPHY exhibition highlighting what safety means to a variety of people in the community is open at Ballarat Community Health in Lucas. The Safety4U...

November 27, 2023

Festive fundraiser keeps families together

GRAMPIANS Health’s 2023 Christmas Appeal is set to boost the care of children with acute and chronic conditions in their homes. The new Grampians Health...

November 27, 2023

Strength in numbers on survivors’ day

AUSTRALIA’S National Survivors Day was marked last week and sought to highlight the experiences of victims and survivors of sexual assault and institutional abuse,...

November 26, 2023

Printmakers ink a mark at gallery

FIFTY-six Victorian printmakers are leaving an ink mark as part of an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat.

Curated by artist Rona Green, Whereabouts:...

November 25, 2023

Get Christmas-ready at the market

THE warmer weather is here which means open-air seasonal shopping is back at the Golden Plains Twilight Market. Returning on Thursday 14 December at the...

November 25, 2023

Top tips for a fabulous SpringFest!

SPRINGFEST market Sunday will fill Wendouree Parade’s gardens precinct with colour and life this weekend. The event set for 10am to 4pm on Sunday 26...

November 25, 2023

Revived newsletter to reconnect village

EARLY last year, Buninyong’s local newsletter ceased production. But as recent surveys have found, many village residents still want the publication regularly produced, and need...

November 24, 2023

Concerns over Teesdale’s container return location

THE Golden Plains Shire is home to only one Victorian container deposit scheme refund point in Teesdale, so is that creating a bottleneck? Owner-operator of...

November 24, 2023

Sports champ to speak at women’s event

IT’S ladies’ night at the Ballarat Sportsmen's Club’s December meeting with a multi-talented guest speaker lined up to share her story. Olympian, world champion, businessperson...

November 24, 2023

Encouraging the next sports stars

MEMBERS of the Ballarat Sportsmen’s Association of Australia held their annual junior encouragement awards last week at the Ballarat Golf Club. More than 130 people...

November 23, 2023

‘Tis the season to shop and support local

AS Christmas gets closer, the convenience of online shopping may be tempting, but small business owners are encouraging their neighbours to shop locally for...

November 20, 2023

Doors open on all ability homes

TWO houses purpose-built for people with disabilities who have high physical needs were unveiled in Alfredton recently. Bulit by disability charity Aruma in partnership with...

November 18, 2023

Help give joy to a young person this Christmas

THE Y Ballarat’s youth Christmas giving initiative, Bags of Joy, is set to distribute two hundred gifts to young people in need, aged twelve...

November 18, 2023

The SpringFest countdown is on!

IT’S only eight days until SpringFest returns for the first time since 2019, and the Rotary Club of Ballarat has been coordinating a new...

November 18, 2023

Rework and explore through collage

HAVE you got any photos, old sketches, newspaper or magazine clippings that you’ve kept, but weren’t sure how to use them? Well, Smythesdale artist Anne...

November 17, 2023

Process looks at town’s future

LINTON’S community planning project is underway with a survey distributed to locals during last weekend’s Town Wide Garage Sale. As part of this engagement period,...

November 17, 2023

Linton lighting up for Christmas

IT’S time to switch on some early festive spirit in Golden Plains Shire’s north. Linton and District Progress Association members are encouraging individuals and...

November 17, 2023

New leaders at the Miners

BASKETBALL Ballarat announced the recruitment of their next NBL1 South men’s head coach, and director of coaching last week. James McKinnon is set to join...

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