National Funeral Directors Association of Australia

June 30, 2020

COVID-19 Funeral Restrictions

Restrictions surrounding funeral attendance vary from state to state. For the most up to date information on COVID-19 restrictions in...

April 15, 2020

Coronavirus has changed death and funerals — but new rituals can help us grieve

On a Sunday morning in late March, I got the call I'd been dreading. It was my mum, clearly upset,...

April 12, 2020

Governments prepare for pandemic deaths

"The best advice in the world is useless if you can't get the equipment to meet it," NFDA president Nigel...

March 20, 2019 / Members in the News

“It’s amazing what you can do with an old machinery shed.”

One of our members over in Western Australia recently opened a new chapel in Perth's northern suburbs. Seasons Funerals have...

March 12, 2019

Many people want a different kind of funeral, but we still need to mourn. There is a way to have both

"Grief is complicated – a mix of sadness, regret, confusion, longing, anger, resentment, guilt and gratitude with no set timeline...

March 7, 2019

Ballarat Cemetery Trust provides advice across the state to smaller graveyards

Across the country from capital cities to tiny country towns, somebody has to manage the business of accommodating the dead....

February 13, 2019

A heart warming story out of the UK

A primary school headteacher who died the day she penned a heart-breaking letter to her pupils has been laid to...

January 18, 2019

A new memorial area for Perth’s Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park

The result of over 18 months of planning by the planning, operations, client services and marketing teams at the Metropolitan...

January 11, 2019

Mary Poppins Returns Gets Grief Right

With the remake of the Disney classic Mary Poppins in cinema's now, we came across this interesting little article about...

December 20, 2018

Wishing you all a Safe and Festive Christmas

Finding happiness and enjoying the holidays does not diminish how much you love and miss the person who isn’t there...

In The News

COVID-19 Funeral Restrictions

Coronavirus has changed death and funerals — but new rituals can help us grieve

Governments prepare for pandemic deaths

“It’s amazing what you can do with an old machinery shed.”

Many people want a different kind of funeral, but we still need to mourn. There is a way to have both

Ballarat Cemetery Trust provides advice across the state to smaller graveyards

A heart warming story out of the UK

A new memorial area for Perth’s Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park

Mary Poppins Returns Gets Grief Right

Wishing you all a Safe and Festive Christmas

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