NSW Govt Announces Cemetery Overhaul, Catholic Church Feels ‘Turned Against’

NSW Govt Announces Cemetery Overhaul, Catholic Church Feels ‘Turned Against’
A sculpture in Rookwood Cemetery on September 4, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. Mark Kolbe/Getty Images
Rebecca Zhu
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Sydney cemeteries will be undergoing a major management overhaul by the New South Wales (NSW) government much to the disapproval of religious leaders.

Five cemetery operators on Crown lands—four government and one catholic—will be consolidated into a single operating entity, OneCrown, following a recommendation by an independent review that warned Crown cemeteries would soon run out of burial space.