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How Would You Like To Be Celebrated?

In recent months Tobin Brothers Funerals, with the assistance of Creative Director Robin Geradts-Gill from RGG Creative, produced four new TV ads that posed the question ‘How would you like to be c...
By James MacLeod - Managing Director, Tobin Brothers Funerals
Sunday, December 6, 2015

Funeral Insurance Pitfalls

This week I read an article on news.com.au which highlights the recent report from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) regarding Funeral Insurance. The report states that “i...
By James MacLeod - Managing Director, Tobin Brothers Funerals
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

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...
By Laura Flowerday - Creative Communications - Tobin Brothers Funerals
Sunday, November 1, 2015

Remembering our Angels Services

Remembering Our Angels is an annual service for parents, families and friends who have experienced, or been touched by, the loss of a baby or child. These services are open to anyone to a...
By Samantha Rennie - Community Education Manager - Tobin Brothers Funerals
In Grief
Monday, October 26, 2015

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...
By Michael Lynch - Tobin Brothers Funerals
Sunday, October 11, 2015

Light The Night Walk: Fighting Leukaemia

Blood cancer is one of the world's most prevalent diseases and in Australia sadly, it kills one person every 42 minutes. The need for more money for research into blood cancer will be brought into...
By Michael Lynch - Tobin Brothers Funerals
Sunday, October 4, 2015

What is a Power of Attorney?

Deciding whom to nominate as your Enduring Power of Attorney is as important as making a will. A Power of Attorney, POA, allows that person to make decisions for you and in some cases they can e...
By Michael Lynch - Tobin Brothers Funerals
Monday, September 28, 2015

Previous Posts

Lessons from Fr Bob Maguire

In 1960, Rev Fr Robert Maguire AM PE RFD affectionately known to all as Fr Bob was ordained. Over the last 60-plus years, so many of our team members at Tobin Brothers have had the privilege to wor...

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...

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...

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...

Christmas Message 2021

  In 2020, they said it was a year that we will remember, we can add 2021 to that also. Back-to-back unforgettable years. The last two years have challenged us all in so many varied ways, an...

Escape from Neil’s Wheel: Good Friday Appeal Fundraiser

  Victoria’s Good Friday Appeal, is one of the most important annual events in the state, raising funds to enable The Royal Children’s hospital in Melbourne to provide world class care for ...

Christmas Message 2020

In our lifetimes there has never been a more important time to gather. As 2020 commenced, after our country was crippled with bushfires and so many tragically lost their homes and some their loved...