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BEATING THE BLUES - A passionate interview with Jeff Kennett and De Backman-Hoyle
When Jeff Kennett, AC, accepted our invitation for an interview, we were eager to find out what drove the former Premier, with a reputation as a tough, outspoken, no-nonsense character, to become f...
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Community
Monday, May 11, 2015
Coping on Mothers’ Day
In the lead up to Mothers’ Day, the emptiness and pain that arises for someone who has lost their mother, and for mothers' who have lost a child, can make Mothers’ Day a day to dread and avoid rath...
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Grief
Monday, May 4, 2015
ACN Nursing and Health Expo 2015
This year The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) held their 15th ACN Nursing and Health Expo and Tobin Brothers Funerals was pleased to have attended.
For the past fifteen years the ACN Nursing a...
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Sunday, April 26, 2015
Compassionate Employer Recognition Awards 2015
Why is it that the positive news stories so seldom make the papers? Perceptions of workplace relations can be skewed with tales of staff being underpaid, bullied, taken advantage of or failing...
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Community
Monday, March 30, 2015
Cultural Diversity Week : VIVA Festival Day 2015
The Viva Victoria Festival was held at Federation Square on Sunday 22nd March 2015 to celebrate Melbourne’s cultural diversity and embrace cultures and traditions from all over the world.
Federati...
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Community
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Cultural Diversity Week: Premier’s Gala Dinner 2015
What is it about the word 'Gala' in front of an event that makes the heart skip a beat? In my mind’s eye GALA stands for Glamour-Achievements-Lovely things-Adventure! So when asked to represent Tob...
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Community
Monday, March 16, 2015
Tobin Brothers Foundation – Celebrating those who make a difference
We’re all familiar with the larger Australian charity organisations we’ve grown up with and come to admire and respect, but what of the smaller and equally worthy not for profit organisations? How ...
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Community
Monday, March 2, 2015
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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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...