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In response to feed back from visitors and members I have made a couple of changes to the website. They include a new mailing list for COVID-19 related news & information, changes to the mailing lists subscription form, and some performance tweaks.

A few of the more interesting tweets tweeted by us and others. Topics  include  the theft of lawn grave plaques in the Tweed shire, a tweet about the high cost of funerals, a 15th century oak chest, monuments in Anfield Cemetery (UK),  a reminder the 29th July was National Lipstick Day somewhere (in case you didn't know), and a few images from the Necropolis in Toronto, Canada.

I also invite you to catch up with the photo images posted by @gardensofthesilent.

28th June 2021 - The Premier announced that the lockdown in place for Greater Sydney, including the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour will be extended for four weeks (until Saturday, 28 August at 12.01am). Rules for regional NSW remain unchanged.

The new rules for Greater Sydney mean that from midnight tonight (28 July) people can only shop for essential items within their Local Government Area (LGA) or, if outside their LGA within 10 kilometres of their home.

Just a reminder that the CCANSW COVID-19 information pages contain frequently updated links to resources and news information. The General Information page us here, and the NSW specific one is here.

If you are in NSW, the State Government's page for COVID-19 rules is here.  It's main index for COVID-19 related information is here.

Here's a few tweets we found interesting, about Indonesian coffin makers struggling to keep up,  a WW1 headstone, the graveyards of past Olympics, a work of public art in Highgate Cemetery (UK), some photos of vintage hearses,  and images of headstones from South Australian  photographer, @gardensofsilent

A new three-year Cemeteries Management IT System, at a cost of $441,049, will be installed by CCANSW member, Central Coast Council, to manage its 13 cemeteries.

We're delighted to partner with George Simpson at Woodwynd Consulting, to bring you up-to-date, relevant industry content! 

The NSW Government has officially included "End of Life" workers in its definitions of "Authorised Workers". The CCANSW welcomes the clarification.