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 26, 2019
Biznet brekky embracing diversity
COMMERCE Ballarat will host Huss Mustafa OAM as he presents at this Tuesday’s Biznet Breakfast, Embracing Diversity. Mr Mustafa is the General Manager of Multicultural...
June 26, 2019
Royal Commission asks older Australians to speak up
A SESSION for seniors, their carers and family was hosted last Thursday in Sebastopol, assisting people to better understand the national Royal Commission into...
June 12, 2019
Possums reunite with help of council grant
THE Victorian Branch of the 161 Independent Reconnaissance Flight Association has received a Community Impact Grant from the City of Ballarat to assist in...
June 12, 2019
Behind the cute koalas
TWENTY-three-year-old Shelby Sherritt understands the value of art therapy deeply. Following an appendix and bowel cancer diagnosis in 2016, creativity became a major coping mechanism...
June 12, 2019
Seeking students for Citizenship Awards
Order of Australia is a national acknowledgement of people who’ve made a major contribution to their various activities and community. Now the organisation responsible for...
June 12, 2019
New sounds for the city
FOLLOWING over 12 months of discussions with the City of Ballarat event organisers of music festival Spilt Milk are bringing the multi-stage event to...
June 12, 2019
A WREN’S FIRST WREATH
NINETY-four-year-old Margaret Wood laid a wreath last Thursday at the Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial in commemoration of D-Day’s 75th anniversary. She was accompanied...
June 10, 2019
Past Grammar Headmaster acknowledged
SHE Oaks local, Stephen Higgs has received a Medal of the Order of Australia for his service to education over 45 years. Appointed in 1995,...
June 10, 2019
Service to community behind award
MARGARET Robinson has received a Medal of the Order of Australia, or OAM, for her service to the Ballarat community as part of the...
June 6, 2019
Calling all landscape artists to create historical document
ALL members of the wider community are invited to create artworks that depicts the landscape between Beaufort and Skipton, and down to Lismore, before...
June 6, 2019
Not at lot
Did the State Budget forget Golden Plains?
GOLDEN Plains Shire Mayor, Cr Owen Sharkey said council is disappointed by the recent State government...
June 5, 2019
Time to cry ‘timber’ on fernery
DEMOLITION works have begun on the current Ballarat Botanical Gardens’ fernery to make way for its redevelopment. A new structure, designed by heritage architect, Andrew...
June 5, 2019
Historian shares invasion story
FEDERATION University’s Associate Professor of Aboriginal History, Dr Fred Cahir has launched his new book My Country All Gone, The White Men Have Stolen...
June 5, 2019
Support for more parents
CHILD and Family Services is pleased to see State government funding allocated to a new parenting centre to be built in Ballarat. Currently Cafs works...
June 5, 2019
Charity Ball to host Samuel Johnson
NOT-for-profit, Twin Hearts Inc, will host a Red Carpet themed Love Your Sister Ball on Saturday, 12 October at the Civic Hall. It’s the first...
May 30, 2019
Commemorating 75 years since D-Day
A SERVICE commemorating the seventy-fifth anniversary of D-Day will be held at The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Ballarat on Thursday, 6 June at...
May 29, 2019
Sensory Garden to support students’ self-regulation
MOUNT Pleasant Primary School is developing its own sensory garden with the help of a Engaging Communities Grant received last year. The north corner of...
May 29, 2019
Wendouree Centre set to get Ritzy
RAZZAMATAZZ and style is back with the all-singing and dancing stage production, Puttin’ on the Ritz, starring performers from London’s West End. The show will...
May 29, 2019
Have a ball for breast cancer
A BLACK tie cocktail party will support and raise awareness for local McGrath Foundation Breast Care Nurses this Saturday night. Hosted at the Old Colonists...
May 29, 2019
Eat, sip and shop tonight in town
PLATE Up Ballarat’s Eat Sip Shop evening will hit the catwalk tonight, Thursday 30 May at the Mining Exchange. Seats are available in the Grandstand...
May 25, 2019
Celebrating our first heritage
HERITAGE Weekend will feature new and exciting celebrations of Ballarat and Australia’s indigenous history and culture. Armstrong Street North’s off-street carpark will be transformed into...
May 22, 2019
Young Achiever celebrated
DISABILITY support worker, Teghan Henderson, won the CFA Volunteer Excellence Award at the recent Victorian Young Achiever Awards at Flemington.
Alongside...
May 22, 2019
Agriculture meets business at Grammar
A NEW agricultural entrepreneurship course is set to challenge and engage young minds at Ballarat Grammar. The AgriFutures Startup Business Entrepreneurial Learning in Action program...
May 22, 2019
Synthetic track opened at Turf Club
BALLARAT Turf Club’s synthetic track was officially opened last Friday afternoon by the State Minister for Racing, Martin Pakula. The Polytrack surface has been a...
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