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ABC News
9 hours ago
- General
- ABC News
Social housing tenants thrive five years after Vic laws help many to get a pet
It was a cold, wet night as Juliana huddled with her three children in their makeshift home — a tent at a campsite in regional Victoria. Talking with her kids that evening, with the temperature just 5 degrees Celsius, she made them a promise. "The tent was sprinkled with snow and it was really cold," Juliana said. The family were left without a permanent place to live after being forced to flee their Melbourne home. They ended up in north-east Victoria and spent more than a year camping in a forest, staying in caravan parks and with friends. Several years on, the family has a permanent place to live through social housing and Juliana has delivered on her promise. Bobika the Kelpie, or Bobby as he is affectionately known, has joined the family. "Suddenly you have got a new place, a new house with a backyard, and you're feeling safe," Juliana said. The story of Bobby, Juliana and her family is one of 12 featured in the 2025 calendar initiative run by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing. Pets at Our Place was introduced in 2024 to celebrate the positive stories and lives of public and community housing residents in Victoria. "It's an opportunity for people to talk in a positive way about the role pets play in supporting them to stay healthy, active, involved and engaged in their communities," said Danny O'Kelly, a spokesperson from the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing. The calendars, which double as a resource with useful phone numbers and email addresses, are distributed to tenants. The initiative has been such a success, entries are now open for the 2026 calendar. This year coincides with the five-year anniversary of Victorian legislation allowing renters, including those in public housing, to keep pets in rental properties with the landlord's written consent. As well as cats and dogs, the calendar stars unexpected pets like Harriet the sheep. Harriet now calls Hamilton in Victoria's south-west home after being rescued as a lamb by Jennifer and her children Sky-la and Harper. "She is part of the family now," Jennifer said. "The kids love playing with her in the yard." Mr O'Kelly said Harriet was a great example of what could happen when pets were introduced to the family home. "I was really chuffed when I saw Harriet the sheep featuring in January and the impact that Harriet has had on that family," he said. For Sara Winter, walking into her brand-new social housing property in Melbourne "felt like Christmas". She and daughter Leanna had experienced homelessness, including time spent sleeping in a car and emergency housing. "I remember feeling so very, very grateful." After gaining stable accommodation through social housing, Ms Winter's focus turned to creating a home for her daughter. So rabbits Ronald and Runner soon joined the family. "They are like our family," Ms Winter said. "After going through such an experience of not having a house, it was just perfect for us to have pets." Leanna said Ronald and Runner helped her settle into the new home. "I used not to really like this house very much, especially when we moved in, because it was just so empty and plain to me," she said. "But now, I feel like this really is my home thanks to the rabbits. "The bunnies are like siblings to me; Runner is my sister and Ronald is my brother."
Telegraph
10 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain, review: how The Boss was reborn in the UK
Music has an amazing power to take you right back to how you felt at a time and a place. As soon as the opening bars of Born in the USA pumped out of my TV screen, I was back at Wembley in 1985, the sun shining like summer and life would last forever. I wasn't alone, the memories that peppered When Springsteen Came to Britain (BBC Two) highlighted Bruce Springsteen 's special knack of making massive stadium gigs feel deeply personal. There was Hazel from Manchester, still starry-eyed decades on from being plucked from the stalls to the stage to dance, Courteney Cox-style, with her idol. And a wee lad from Essex given the mic to sing the words to Hungry Heart. It was these moments that marked out from the crowd an otherwise fairly standard talking heads music documentary. There were snippets of an interview with The Boss himself, a random band of celeb fans paying homage and brief bursts of electric live footage. But it was when the show veered off familiar tracks that it hit home. It may feel like ancient history, but there was miner's wife Juliana recalling how Springsteen, without hype or ceremony, privately gifted $20,000 to help families struggling during the miners' strike in her pit village, like it was yesterday. 'He's a hero to us, always will be.' When we did get to sit down with the man himself, there were nostalgic memories of how the young Bruce picked up a guitar for the first time after hearing The Beatles on the radio and how, after his first show in London, he hid in his hotel room because he thought he'd been terrible. He'd been great. In truth, there was nothing much in this that Bruce fans – can you see where I'm coming from? – hadn't heard before. The programme made a half-hearted effort to play up the overplayed hype machine that semi-stalled Springsteen's career in Britain, tagging him the new rock messiah when he was fresh out of New Jersey bar gigs, but we were essentially here to celebrate Bruce in a story that stayed just this side of hagiography. Fair enough. It's hard to stay a man of the people when you've sold a billion records but, unlike a lot of rock stars, it genuinely feels like Springsteen has stayed as close as you can to your roots when you live in a mega-acre ranch. He's still the lyricist who spoke directly to teenage fanboy Rob Brydon, his tales of blue-collar New Jersey drawing close parallels with the steel mills of South Wales. 'When I was young, I had Paul Weller talking about Down in the Tube Station at Midnight – what the hell is a tube station? I was from Port Talbot!' recalled Brydon, a Boss doppelgänger (would I lie to you?) in his youth. 'I felt much closer to New Jersey than I did to London.' I actually hadn't listened to Springsteen in a while, but music has the power to take you right back. Time to bust out my 1985 Born in the USA Wembley t-shirt. Summer's going to last forever again.
Cosmopolitan
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Why Juliana Pasquarosa Doesn't Post About Grant Ellis
Contrary to what the social media era would have you believe, things do, in fact, still happen with or without pics. Take, for example, The Bachelor's Grant Ellis and Juliana Pasquarosa, who are still very much engaged despite not constantly posting on Instagram or attending events together. In a recent Q&A on Instagram, Juliana revealed why she doesn't post more about Grant, noting that she is trying to keep her relationship private. Well, as private as a relationship that began on a reality television show can be. 'I don't think I'll ever be the type to overshare my relationship. I feel bad that people think they have a right to know everything just because I was on a show,' she wrote on her Instagram Stories, per Bachelor Nation. 'I want to let you all in, but I'm also just getting used to sharing anything about my life with all of you! Give me some grace pls.' Elsewhere in the Q&A, Juliana responded to a question about how she deals with all the rumors about her and Grant, saying that the couple mostly laughs things off. 'The people who truly know me (friends/fam), know what's going on in my life and in my heart at all times,' she wrote. Juliana's impromptu fan Q&A comes on the heels of her and Grant's appearance on the Bachelor Happy Hour podcast, during which they assured fans that their engagement was still going strong—they're even looking to move in together in Austin later this year. Juliana also confirmed that wedding planning was in the early stages. 'I really hope that we [get] married in Italy,' Juliana told hosts Serena Pitt and Joe Amabile. 'By the water. So, I feel like that is, you know, I just kinda [have to] hone in on that, but we are going to Italy.' For his part, Grant loved the idea. 'We're gonna make it happen,' he added. 'We're [gonna] make it happen for sure.' In the meantime, the happy couple are going to be visiting Italy this July. Perhaps they'll scope out some potential wedding locations while they're there.
New Straits Times
19-05-2025
- Business
- New Straits Times
Construction firm director charged with making false declarations to CCM
KUALA LUMPUR: A construction company director was charged at the Sessions Court here today with three counts of making false declarations to the Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM) involving appointments, resignations, and share transfers three years ago. Juliana Jamian, 38, however, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read to her. For the first and second charges, she was accused of making false declarations to the registrar of companies regarding her appointment as a director of UTS Maju Construction Sdn Bhd and the resignation of Wali Ullah Khan from the same company. The declarations were made via Section 58 forms dated Sept 30, 2022. She was also charged with making a false declaration to the registrar regarding the transfer of 299,998 shares from Wali Ullah Khan to herself, using a Section 51 form dated Oct 8, 2022. All the offences were allegedly committed at the CCM headquarters at Menara SSM@Sentral, KL Sentral, on Sept 30 and Oct 8, 2022. Juliana was charged under Section 593(b) of the Companies Act 2016 (Act 777), read together with Section 34 of the same Act. If convicted, she faces a jail term of up to 10 years, a fine of up to RM3 million, or both. Earlier, CCM prosecuting officer Farieza Hazreen Salehuddin proposed bail at RM10,000 for each charge, while Juliana's lawyer, Muhamad 'Aizat Adli Zalil, requested bail to be set at RM3,000 per charge. Judge Mohd Zaki Mohd Salleh granted Juliana bail of RM10,000 for all charges and ordered her to surrender her passport to the court. The case has been fixed for mention on June 4.
Barnama
19-05-2025
- Business
- Barnama
Company Director Claims Trial To Giving False Statements To Registrar Of Companies
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 (Bernama) -- A construction company director pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to three counts of making false statements to the Registrar of Companies three years ago. Juliana Jamian, 38, entered her plea after the charges were read out before Judge Mohd Zaki Mohd Salleh. For the first two charges, she is accused of submitting false statements to the Registrar of Companies concerning her appointment as director of UTS Maju Construction Sdn Bhd and the resignation of Wali Ullah Khan as director of the same company through Form Section 58 dated Sept 30, 2022. Juliana is also charged with making a false statement to the Registrar of Companies regarding the transfer of 299,998 shares from Wali Ullah Khan to herself, as stated in Form Section 51 dated Oct 8, 2022. The three offences were allegedly committed at the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM), Menara SSM@Sentral, KL Sentral, on Sept 30 and Oct 8, 2022. The charges were framed under Section 593(b) of the Companies Act 2016 (Act 777), read together with Section 34 of the same Act, which provides for a maximum sentence of ten years' imprisonment, a fine of up to RM3 million, or both, upon conviction. Earlier, SSM prosecuting officer Farieza Hazreen Salehuddin proposed bail of RM10,000 for each charge, while defence counsel Muhamad 'Aizat Adli Zalil requested that bail be set at RM3,000 per charge. The court allowed Juliana bail of RM10,000 for all charges and ordered her to surrender her passport The case has been fixed for mention on 4 June.
