The Cemetery sector governance support unit produces a regular newsletter for the cemetery sector.
Please note that previous editions of the newsletter are provided below for reference and may contain information that has since become out-of-date.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.Â
For more information or to receive copies of newsletters published before 2019 please contact the Unit on 1800 034 280 or email cemeteries@health.vic.gov.au.Â
Newsletter editions
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Topics in this issue:
- Contractor's insurance requirements
- Abstract of accounts 2021-22
- Grants program
- Revisions to the Class A and Class manuals
- Review
- Availability
- Changes
- Right of interment and interment service fees
- Update to fact sheet - Managing a right of internment following death of a right holder
- Updating historical right of interment records.
- Managing poor trust member behaviour - fact sheet
- Secretary's handbook
- Recruitment toolkit for Class B cemetery trusts
- Class B appointments in an election year
- Update of contact details form
- Governance and operational training
Cemetery Sector Governance Support Unit newsletter - Edition 2 - 2022Attachments to Edition 2, 2022 newsletter:
Cemetery trusts - Governance and operational training September 2022 -
Topics in this issue:
- OVIC 2022 reporting obligations
- Class A cemetery trusts
- Class B cemetery trusts
- Commencement of minor and technical amendments to the Cemeteries and Crematoria Act
- Leases and licences – cemetery land
- Class B cemetery trusts:
- New application form and revised guidelines
- Members terms of appointment due to expire in 2022
- Updating trust member details
- Insurance for cemetery trust volunteers:
- Group Personal Accident Insurance
- Making a claim under the accident policy
- Information to help trusts manage volunteers
- Injuries at the cemetery.
- CPI increase to fees effective 1 July 2022
- Grants program
- Trust deeds
- Burial of pets in a public cemetery
- Financial budget strategy for Class B trusts
- Governance and operational training
Cemetery Sector Governance Support Unit newsletter - Edition 1 - 2022Attachments to Edition 1, 2022 newsletter:
Cemetery trust financial budget guidance for Class B cemetery trustsCemetery trust financial budget - TemplateGovernance and operational training -
Topics in this issue:
- Transfer of a right of interment following the death of a joint right holder
- New discretionary power to direct the variation or forced surrender of a right of interment
- Changes to the cemeteries and crematoria webpages
- New online training course for Class B secretaries
- Update of the manual for Class B cemetery trusts
- Class B cemetery trusts
- Class B cemetery trust appointment rounds
- When should a chairperson not sign a Class B member appointment application form?
- Who should sign a Class B application form in either of these situations?
- Application forms not signed and dated by the applicant
- Staggered appointment dates
- Class B cemetery trust email addresses
- Emails to and from the unit
- Identifying the sex of the deceased on prescribed forms
- Cemetery grants program
- Fee applications
- Performance Support Program
- Governance and operational training
Cemetery Sector Governance Support Unit newsletter - Edition 3 2021Attachments to Edition 3, 2021 newsletter:
Right of interment permit fact sheet
Creating an email account - guidance for cemetery trusts -
Topics in this issue:
- Class B cemetery trusts
- Class B cemetery trust appointment rounds
- Notification of expiry of a term of appointment as a trust member
- Advertising
- Can cemetery trust members be paid employees of the trust?
- Cemetery trust grants program – new forms
- Abstract of accounts
- CPI increase to cemetery trust fees
- Trust fees - GST
- Information security reporting 2021
- Class A cemetery trusts
- Class B cemetery trusts
- Contact OVIC
- Pricing for value guide
- Code of practice
- Exhumation application fee 2021-22
- Planning controls
- Governance and operational training
Cemetery Sector Governance Support Unit newsletter - Edition 2 2021 - Class B cemetery trusts
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Topics in this issue:
- Donating trust funds
- Data security reporting
- Class B appointments
- New application forms
- Appointment rounds
- Notification of expiry of a term of appointment as a trust member
- Performance Support Program
- Cemetery Grants Program
- CPI increase to fees effective 1 July 2021
- Right of interment and interment register
- Governance and operational training
Attachments to Edition 1, 2021 newsletter:
Attachment - Introduction to the governance and operational training - 2021Cemetery Sector Governance Support Program newsletter - Edition 1 2021 -
Topics in this issue:
- Important information related to the impact to the cemetery sector of COVD-19 and current restrictions
- Program’s telephone number
- Update of contact details form
- Statutory documents
- Class B appointment process
- Abstract of accounts
- Fees
- Grants program
- Immunity from personal liability
- Policy templates
- Website accessibility
- Long-term financial strategy
- Fire season 2020-21
- Governance and operational training
Cemetery Sector Governance Support Program newsletter - Edition 2 2020Attachment to Edition 2, 2020 newsletter:
Cemetery Sector Governance Support Program newsletter - Edition 2 2020 newsletter - Creating an email -
Topics in this issue:
- Important information
- Up-to-date information about the impact of COVID-19 on the cemetery sector
- Program work arrangements
- Changes to processes
- Staying in contact
- Update of contact details
- Resources
- Statutory documents – new processes
- Private interments
- Cremation authorisation
- Exhumations
- Class B appointment process
- Members with terms of appointment due to expire
- Advertising
- Receipt and process of Class B appointment applications
- CPI process
- Grants program
- Repatriation certificates
- Building and planning permits on cemetery land
- Access to personal protective equipment
- Governance and operational training
Cemetery Sector Governance Support Program newsletter - Edition 1, 2020Attachments to Edition 1, 2020 newsletter:
Creating an email account - guidance for cemetery trustsUpdate of cemetery trust member contact details - Important information
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Topics in this issue:
Grant program
- Fire season 2018-19
- Income threshold for GST registration
- Class A chairperson appointment rounds
- Class B cemetery trusts – Appoint process/Appointment application forms/Appointment expiry dates
- Exhumation Licence processing fee
- CPI process
- Abstract of accounts
- Setting fees and charges
- Governance and operational training
- Cemeteries and Crematoria Association of Vic
Cemetery Sector Governance Support Program newsletter - Edition 2, 2019Attachment to Edition 2, 2019 newsletter:
Governance operational training workshop schedule - Edition 2, 2019 -
Topics in this issue:
- Statewide strategic planning project
- Policies and Procedures
- Can trust members be paid employees of the trust?
- VMIA – cemetery trust insurance program 2018-19
- Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages new online system for registering MCCD/MCCPD forms
- Victorian Protective Data Security Standards
- Safety in and around graves
- Class A appointment process
- Class B appointment process
- Selection process
- Applicants not nominated for appointment
- Appointment application forms
- CPI process
- Abstract of accounts
- Grant program
- Governance and operational training
Cemetery Sector Governance Support Program newsletter - Edition 1, 2019Attachments to Edition 1, 2019 newsletter:
Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages new online system for registering MCCD/MCCPD formsProtective data security plan for Class B cemetery trustsSafety in and around graves (Worksafe)Governance and operational training schedule
Reviewed 12 October 2022