Cemetery sector newsletters

The department produces a regular newsletter for the cemetery sector.

Please note that previous editions of the newsletter provided below for reference may contain information that has since become out-of-date. Please refer to the relevant pages on this website for current information on cemetery topics.

For more information or to receive older copies of newsletters, please contact the department on 1800 034 280 or email cemeteries@health.vic.gov.au.

Newsletter editions

Topics in this issue:
- Pet burials
- Fire season 2025-26
- Cemetery Grants Program
- Abstract of accounts
- Change to funerals Act
- Updated forms
- Did you know
- Safety in and around graves
- Trust email addresses
- Developing policies
- Conflicts of interest
- Free governance training
Cemetery Sector newsletter - Edition 3 - 2025
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Topics in this issue:
- New Cemeteries and Crematoria Regulations
- New department contact for statutory approvals
- Length of Class B cemetery trust member terms
- Kerang Cemetery Trust grant project
- Depth of interring cremated remains
- Assistance program for low activity cemeteries
- Did you know?
- Abstract of accounts due 1 September
- Should cemetery trusts bundle fees?
- When a trust’s primary contact is unavailable
- Electronic banking and the removal of cheques
- Native vegetation
- Application to establish or alter a memorial
- Free information sessions by the Victorian Public Sector Commission
- Free governance training
Cemetery Sector Governance Support Unit newsletter - Edition 2 - 2025
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Attachment to Edition 2, 2025 newsletter:

Changes to the Cemeteries and Crematoria Regulations - Summary for Class B cemetery trusts
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Topics in this issue:
- Manager’s message
- Consumer price index increase to fees 1 July 2025
- Corinella Cemetery Trust grant project
- What is the difference between a right of interment and an interment fee?
- Rights of interment purchased for a third party
- A history of Vaughan cemeteries
- Did you know?
- Advertising on the Join a Public Board website
- Updated Class B trust member application form
- Free governance training
Cemetery Sector Governance Support Unit newsletter - Edition 1 - 2025
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Updated 17 February 2026