Thursday, 2 May 2024

Northern Victoria Region

Wendy LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (12:54): (839) My constituency question is for the Minister for Health, and it is regarding a further concerning report of mismanagement of graves at a cemetery under the management of Bendigo-based Remembrance Parks Central Victoria. Will the minister finally take action to replace the board of RPCV with a competent board or administrator? A constituent has raised concerns about further recent mismanagement of graves overseen by RPCV at the Sunbury cemetery. In November last year a man returned just days after his wife’s funeral to find that a large floral tribute his family had left on her grave had been moved and was covered with dirt. Then recently his daughter visited the grave only to find that it was covered with a massive pile of dirt and that tyre tracks had torn through the grass of several nearby graves. This is now the fourth controversial incident at the Sunbury cemetery, showing a pattern of governance failures and continued insensitivity to families who have buried their loved ones there. The minister must act immediately to replace the RPCV board.