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Introducing our #SayItNow Ambassadors for 2024
#SayItNow 2024 Ambassadors
#SayItNow returns in 2024 as Victorians join the conversation to celebrate the important people in their lives.
#SayItNow is an annual initiative of Tobin Brothers Fune...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
#SayItNow Returns for 2024
#SayItNow returns for 2024
#SayItNow returns in 2024 as Victorians join the conversation to celebrate the important people in their lives.
Victorians young and old are being encouraged to celebra...
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Monday, February 5, 2024
Father Gerard Dowling OAM DE celebrates 50 years on radio!
On Sunday 3rd September 2023, Fr Gerard Dowling OAM DE celebrated a wonderful milestone of 50 years on Sunday evenings on the radio.
It was in 1973 that Fr Gerard first hosted his first ra...
Thursday, September 7, 2023
Introducing… Tough Times from the Heart
Introducing… Tough Times from the Heart
Tobin Brothers Funerals has joined forces with SPAN CV to bring greater awareness to suicide prevention.
3144 Australians died by suicide in 2021, accordin...
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Thursday, December 1, 2022
The day Queen Elizabeth II came to Frankston
It was Friday 7th March 1986 and I was 15 years old, attending Ballam Park Technical School in Frankston.
One of the largest schools in the area, Ballam Park had been selected for Que...
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Celebrating Father Gerard Dowling
Today we would like to pay tribute to Fr Gerard Dowling OAM DE.
In recent weeks he celebrated his 90th birthday and also the 49th anniversary of him being on air with the Family Counsellor...
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Bushfire Support and Counselling
As a funeral director of 33 years I think the most difficult thing I have ever confronted was the town of Marysville following the Black Saturday fires. During the days that followed we, at Tobin B...
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
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Coronavirus Assistance
On 30 January 2020, the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
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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.
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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...
The Big Freeze and the Hope for a Cure to MND
In London, UK, tens of thousands lined the streets to celebrate The Queen’s Birthday, traditionally marked by the Trooping of the Colour Parade. Meanwhile in Melbourne, Australia, tens of thousands...
Sunshine ‘Legacy of Life’ Chapel
Built in 1927, the old Sunshine Metropolitan Fire Station is significant to the City of Brimbank as one of the more ornate and well-preserved public buildings in the City. Along with other historic...
Cure MND (Motor Neurone Disease)
“I am devoted to the task of raising awareness about Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and funds for research within Australia, with the aim of discovering treatments that can grapple with the disease, a...