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 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...

November 16, 2023

One last time round at RoadNats

STREETSCAPES across the City of Ballarat will be the stage for the Federation University Road National Championships’ elite cycling action for one more summer. For...

November 14, 2023

Step out against family violence

AN awareness walk will be held this month as part of the United Nations’ annual Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. The Walk Against...

November 13, 2023

Apply to shape the future

AS 2024 approaches, Committee for Ballarat members are taking expressions of interest for the next intake of Future Shapers participants. The community leadership program’s coordinator...

November 13, 2023

Cars to glow and shine at SpringFest

EVEN if the sun isn’t shining on SpringFest’s market Sunday by Lake Wendouree, some classic and brand-new cars will be. The...

November 13, 2023

Cash from cans for charities

WITHIN its first day of operation, Victoria’s container deposit scheme processed one million bottles and cans. That’s a lot of 10-cent refunds, but users of...

November 11, 2023

Concept designs sought for survivors’ memorial

A NATIONWIDE competition encouraging creatives to develop designs for a planned Continuous Voices Memorial has been launched. The memorial would be the first in...

November 11, 2023

Story of lost manuscript to be told at library

IN 2014, a customer browsing Lorraine Smith’s Warrnambool bookshop found an unusual artefact hidden in the pages of a copy of Alice in Wonderland. “I...

November 10, 2023

Has CDS scheme forgotten the Shire?

ONE hundred and twenty-eight reverse vending machines and refund points launched last week under the Victorian container deposit scheme, or CDS, west zone, but...

November 10, 2023

Woady club to welcome new warriors

AS Ballarat’s west expands, and the Golden Plains Shire booms in its north, the Woady Warriors Junior Football Netball Club are seeking to get...

November 9, 2023

Walking home for children in need

AN annual walking fundraiser for the Salvation Army’s Karinya Support Services is returning this weekend at Lake Wendouree. The six-kilometre Walking Home stroll on Saturday...

November 7, 2023

Bringing the farm to SpringFest

A TASTE of agricultural life is coming to this year’s SpringFest, with major sponsor and farming machinery business, Growers Services, setting up vehicles and...

November 6, 2023

Hotel offers respite to carers

MERCURE Ballarat Hotel and Convention Centre is part of a new movement to provide support to unpaid carers. The Accor Pacific accommodation group has partnered...

November 6, 2023

Committee seeks to empower community

A NEW partnership has been formed between networking group Ballarat Business Women and locally-based national domestic violence charity DV Collective. The two organisations have launched...