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Black Saturday Fires 10 Years On
Ten years on and this is the first time we have shared reflections on Tobin Brothers involvement in the Black Saturday fires and their aftermath.
The 7th of February is my wife Louise’s birthday.&...
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Christmas Message 2018
Christmas is a wonderful occasion...but equally it can be a very tough day for many in the community.
To everyone who is so very much looking forward to Christmas, I wish you a wonderful d...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Coping at Christmas 2018
If you have experienced loss the whole festive season can be extremely challenging.
Time and time again people have said to us they wish they could go to bed at the end of November and wake...
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Art For The Heart: Beauty From Loss & Pain
This year’s Art For The Heart exhibition had substance and richness that lifted the spirit with honest, beautiful and sometimes provocative creative works relating to love, loss and hope. Shaped by...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Celebrating Father Gerard Dowling’s 45 Years on Air
Congratulations to our great friend Father Gerard Dowling OAM DE as he celebrates the huge milestone of reaching 45 years on air! Father Dowling hosts a regular spot on the RSN 927 AM every Sunday ...
Thursday, September 6, 2018
Father's Day 2018
Father’s Day is certainly a different occasion for me today because my father died in 1998. In fact Father’s Day 1998 was the last occasion that we had gathered as an entire family, m...
Thursday, August 30, 2018
Say It Now Week "Appreciation"
One of the very great sadness’s associated with the sudden death of a family member or close friend can, for the bereaved, be the lingering anguish and heartache associated with their not having to...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2018
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Six Songs That “Say It Now”
We Australians have always been a stoic lot - most of us are well-practiced in keeping emotions to ourselves. I often get the impression that Aussies of a certain age would rather have a tooth pull...
Prostate Cancer Breakthrough
"Together in Discovery and Care" is the theme for the 19th Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference taking place in Brisbane from the 22-25 August 2018.
Prostate cancer is the most c...
Valda Twaddle Trust Awards 2017
In 2006 I received a telephone call from Perry Westons Lawyers regarding funds that were bequeathed to me. I made an appointment to attend their offices and in doing so I learnt that Valda Tw...
Cultural Diversity Week : Premier's Gala 2018
Tobin Brothers Funerals is honored to have over 200 wonderful staff from a diverse range of cultures and religions who together can speak 28 different languages. This year we’re once again proud to...
Funerals Are Too Important To Leave To Just Anyone
As Managing Director of Australia’s largest owned family funeral company, Tobin Brothers Funerals, I would like to make the following comments on the widely reported alleged coffin swapping by Hart...
Art For The Heart 2017
“Wonderful, Emotive,
Beautiful, Inspirational!
I come every year
and wouldn’t miss it.”
Effusive acclamation from some of the many visitors to Tobin Brothers Funerals annual Art for the H...
The Life Celebration of Daniel Harkins
On 18th June 2017, Daniel John Edward Harkins was returning from Bairnsdale after a race meeting when he stopped to assist a car that had run off the road between Sale and Rosedale, he was tra...