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Stronger than the statistics The 2025 Cancer Council Relay for Life went ahead in high spirits despite the rain, with more than 550 participants raising over $121,000 for cancer research and support. Among them were Nicola, Alanah and Kirsten, pictured from left, from the #StrongerThanstats team. The event at Casey Fields on 25-26 October brought together community members to celebrate survivors, honour loved ones lost, and support those affected by cancer. More on the story, page 10 (Picture: Rob Carew: 510675)
Lasting impacts “We still maintained some level of normalcy despite everything.” While they were at school, Julz’s mum would go to various housing providers and sit at different organisations “day in and day out” and insist on support for her and her family. “She would not leave until she got some kind
of support,” she said. Julz has vivid memories of her time at various housing facilities over those years and despite her mum’s efforts in sheltering the harsh impacts of homelessness, Julz still lives with some repercussions. More on the story, turn to page 5
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Julz Nichols was only nine years old when she struggled with homelessness. Along with her mum and older brother, Julz went from different transitional housing facilities for nearly two years until they were able to find
stable and long-term accommodation. During those two years however, Julz says her mum tried to maintain a normal upbringing for her and her brother. “We were actually pretty sheltered,” Julz said. “It didn’t matter where we were, mum still got us to school,”
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