Five down, one trust to remain as Sydney’s cemeteries face yet another grave shake up
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The five trusts managing Sydney’s cemeteries - including the Catholic and general trusts at Rookwood - will be axed and merged into one to save the sector from financial collapse.
NSW Water, Property and Housing Minister Melinda Pavey said on Tuesday the decision implemented recommendations from a review into the cemetery sector that warned it was running out of burial space and had unfunded liabilities of more than $300 million.
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Sydneyâs new cemetery on hold despite burial space running out
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The NSW government has stopped construction of the only new cemetery approved for Sydney despite its own crisis report warning the lack of burial space is much worse than previously thought.
NSW Minister for Water, Property and Housing Melinda Pavey asked the Catholic Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust on Monday to place all work on hold at Macarthur Memorial Park, near Campbelltown, until the government responded to the report.
An artistâs impression of Macarthur Memorial Park.