Australian rent-a-grave law to be reviewed

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The (Australian state) New South Wales government is going to review rentable graves, after they were introduced into the region's Cemeteries and Crematoria Act in June. The act allows relatives to rent graves for 25-99 year periods if they can't afford the leasehold fees on their loved one's permanent grave.

The state library of New South Wales says that burials are an expensive business, and that a single grave can cost anywhere between $2,175 U.S. and $3,516 U.S.

The existing law means the headstones of deceased relatives can be removed if relatives don't renew the deceased's plot of land within two years of expiration. Their remains are dug up, and go into a communal ossuary or "bone room", with the original land then being re-let.

Paul Toole, NSW's Minister for Lands and Forestry, told the Sydney Morning Herald that while the government recognised that burials were a "sensitive issue", renewable graves helped cemeteries stay sustainable.

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-45298239

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Man, they milk your wallet even after you die.

That should result in more cremations, I wager.