Religious Diversity & Mourning Rituals

09 September 2025

This fascinating workshop is for everyone with any responsibility or interest in delivering culturally appropriate cemetery services. Faith and cultural requirements, acknowledgement and ability to cater for diverse clients are part of the Industry Interment Scheme (IIS) licensing requirements. This course will offer valuable insights in how to provide for this requirement in your service offerings.

CCANSW Cemetery Safety Course - Albury

23 September 2025

The Cemetery Safety Course trains on best practices for graveyard maintenance, including grave preparation, soil conditions, trench safety, exhumations, mausoleum procedures, and dealing with workplace grief. The course also covers legislation, health and safety procedures, risk assessments, and working in confined spaces. Enrolment costs vary for members and non-members, with certain conditions for free registrations. Delivered in-person by Fiona Hurst of Footprint Training as a CCANSW customised course.

Cemetery Safety Refresher

01 October 2025

Has it been 3 years or more since completing Cemetery Safety training? It's time to refresh!

CCANSW Accidental Counsellor

05 November 2025

Managing Conflict & Stress Management/Burnout Prevention

Berrigan Shire Launches Online Cemetery Platform

27 August 2025

Berrigan Shire Council has unveiled a state‑of‑the‑art digital cemetery platform that offers the public streamlined online access to burial records and interactive cemetery maps for all four shire cemeteries—Berrigan, Finley, Barooga, and Tocumwal.

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Free webinar | Rest Assured Webinar series

11 August 2025

Free live webinar on 27 August 2025 as part of Metropolitan Memorial Parks' Rest Assured Webinar series, as part of the Dying to Know campaign. This candid panel discussion will shine a light on the hidden and often misunderstood work of memorial park professionals.

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MMP announces first shrouded cremation in NSW since changes

24 July 2025

Metropolitan Memorial Parks have carried out the first shrouded cremation in New South Wales following recent legislative changes.

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Important Update: Body placement in crypts and vaults in NSW

16 July 2025

Health Protection NSW have recently advised that there is no provision in the current NSW Public Health Regulation 2022 (Section 93 Burial in a vault) for ‘approval’ of any hermetically sealed body bag used for containment of a deceased person to be placed in a vault in NSW.

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Rookwood Crematorium returns to Metropolitan Memorial Parks

01 July 2025

In its 100th year of operation Rookwood Crematorium returns to Metropolitan Memorial Parks

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Then, Now and Forever: Cultivating Progress

16 June 2025

Then, Now and Forever held at the Novotel Sydney Olympic Park on 4-5 June 2025 opened with a sense of momentum and purpose. Speakers shared practical and scalable innovations, reflections on climate, cultivation, community and progressive steps toward sustainability.

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CCANSW Celebrating 60 years 1965-2025

14 June 2025

On the evening of Wednesday 4 June 2025, members, partners and friends of CCANSW gathered at the Novotel Sydney Olympic Park to celebrate a remarkable milestone — the Association’s 60 years Diamond Anniversary.

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CCANSW 2025 Awards Winners

13 June 2025

In 2025 CCANSW received an unprecedented number of nominations for both award categories – the Rising Star Award and the Award for Excellence.

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Phoenix Foundry Bereavement Profession Excellence Award Relaunched – Applications Now Open

11 June 2025

CCANSW is pleased to share exciting news on behalf of the our Platinum Partner Phoenix Foundry and Australasian Cemeteries and Crematoria Association (ACCA).

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Speakers at Now, Then and Forever

28 May 2025

CCANSW’s 2-day 2025 Sydney seminar sees CCANSW celebrate 60 years of excellence in cemeteries, crematoria and memorial parks.

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