About: Edwina Williams
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- Edwina Williams is the Times News Group's Northern Victoria editor covering the Ballarat Times News Group, Golden Plains Times, Moorabool News, Bendigo Times, and McIvor Times.
June 30, 2020
Emergency relievers bundle food, warmth and care
AN agency benefiting from the 3BA Winter Appeal, Anglicare Victoria Ballarat continues to work through these cold, COVID months to provide emergency relief to...
June 30, 2020
Global tech lead sees local benefits
AT the University of Ballarat in 1997, Michael Duffin was studying a commerce degree, heading towards a working life in business. Training as a financial...
June 29, 2020
Being kind and creative together, but apart
EIGHT artists have been paired up and commissioned to combine their practices and produce creative responses to the COVID-19 climate in Ballarat. Part of the City’s...
June 28, 2020
Random pairings produce artwork and friends
RANDOM Co-Lab is generating unusual artistic work by linking strangers together. Created by musician, Mick Trembath during the COVID-19 lockdown, the initiative took off to...
June 27, 2020
Awa project is a musical, virtual hug
MUSIC, movement and illustrations are bringing intercultural young people from Ballarat, Horsham, Nhill and Ghana together to creatively connect and collaborate. Coordinated by the Centre...
June 27, 2020
Buninyong garden art sparks creative curiosity
CHILDREN are invited to explore and illustrate the Buninyong Botanical Gardens to gain a greater understanding of nature. Through the Winter Garden Art initiative, Friends...
June 26, 2020
Women’s business program a Stepping Stone to success
THE Stepping Stones to Small Business program is providing entrepreneurial support to the Central Highlands and Grampians regions’ intercultural women. Facilitated by Ballarat Regional Multicultural...
June 26, 2020
Goldwork book earns a bronze medal
INVERMAY’S Alison Cole has won a bronze medal in the Independent Publisher Awards in New York, for her fifth self-published book, The Goldwork Masterclass:...
June 26, 2020
Pair goes pink to improve breast cancer research
BREAST cancer has always been present throughout Connor Prebble’s life. “My grandma had it, my mum’s had it, I had an aunty who passed away...
June 25, 2020
A new educational era in Newington
URQUHART Park Primary School’s name is changing to Newington Primary School, approved by the State government last week. Principal Janet Hillgrove said the school community...
June 25, 2020
Skies the limit in world record attempt
THE Ballarat Municipal Observatory has contributed to a Guinness World Record attempt for the most people taking an online environmental sustainability lesson in twenty-four...
June 25, 2020
Art sells to fund Foto festival
THE Ballarat International Foto Biennale hosted an Online Yellow Dot Fundraiser last week to generate funding for their next festival in August of 2021. Hosted...
June 25, 2020
Apply for sports survival funds
THE application period for the State’s Community Sport Sector COVID-19 Survival Package grants has been extended to Tuesday, 30 June at 11.59pm Sports and recreation...
June 24, 2020
Volunteers needed for unprecedented call rates
LIFELINE Ballarat are making a final call for expressions of interest to become crisis support counsellors, reflecting the community’s diverse backgrounds and experiences over...
June 24, 2020
Colourful collab goes face-to-face with public
CAN you picture one hundred unique, vibrant faces framed by one shop window? A new art exhibition launching this weekend at Sturt Street’s Playing in...
June 24, 2020
Redbacks’ home ground works underway
BUNINYONG’s Royal Park is receiving two full-sized senior soccer pitches, with male and female friendly changerooms, which will benefit Buninyong Redbacks Soccer Club and...
June 22, 2020
Solar installs up almost 20%
RECENT data from Powercor shows the Ballarat area’s installation rates of solar rose by 18.78 per cent last year. In 2019, 5254 solar systems were...
June 21, 2020
Eclectic texts prompt Tough discussions
THREE years ago, Andrew Manton was struggling to find a really good book club. Discovering the volunteer-run Tough Guys Book Club movement, launched in Collingwood,...
June 20, 2020
One-stop-shop on the buses
ALTHOUGH they share much of the same clientele, The SoupBus and One Humanity Shower Bus were never able to find the right opportunity to...
June 20, 2020
Doorways feeds and warms the needy
THE Salvation Army’s social initiatives are supporting long-term and new clients to be fed, clothed and warm through the pandemic and winter. Ballarat Doorways Emergency...
June 19, 2020
Awards celebrate youthful impact
THE City of Ballarat Youth Council is now accepting nominations for their annual Youth Awards. Launched last Monday via Facebook, with a showcase of young...
June 19, 2020
Free TAFE accessibility ‘life changing’
BY the end of last month, one thousand, one hundred and fifty-nine people in the Ballarat area had enrolled in Federation TAFE’s free courses...
June 19, 2020
Support local while you FindGoodFood
AS a teenager, Chris Macquet spent years extremely ill, having contracted hepatitis A. Living with a severely damaged liver ever since, sourcing and eating fresh,...
June 19, 2020
Find a new family outing while staying close to home
ADVENTURES across the city and its surrounds await the exploration of families this winter, as residents stay close to home, mindful of COVID-19 restrictions. Ballarat...
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