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Grave robbers create more heartbreak

IRYMPLE resident Sylvia Kaya is calling for Mildura council to install CCTV at Murray Pines cemetery after tributes she left to her son were stolen from his gravesite.

05 Feb 2021
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Stories from the Ombudsman’s cemetery report

MRS A was interred in the wrong grave in 2015 and subsequently transferred to the correct site.

16 Nov 2019
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Cemetery man: ‘I was trying to do the best for the families’

THE man at the centre of the Mildura Cemetery Trust scandal says he took his duties and responsibilities in his employment “most seriously” and was always trying to do the best for grieving families.

16 Nov 2019
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Blurred lines prolonged cemetery trust problems, says report

BLURRED management roles at Mildura’s Cemetery Trust contributed to Darren Bock’s misconduct going under the radar for so many years, the Victorian Ombudsman’s report found.

16 Nov 2019
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We understand distress over burials, say Aboriginal leaders

THE Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council says it is distressed by recent allegations that a former Mildura Rural City Council gravedigger exhumed bodies without authority.

16 Nov 2019
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Mildura Council ‘saddened and shocked’ by Ombudsman report

MILDURA councillor Min Poole said she was “really saddened and shocked” by the findings of a Victorian Ombudsman investigation into the conduct of a former council employee at the Mildura Cemetery Trust.

13 Nov 2019
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Mildura grave digger allegations to be referred to police

MILDURA Council says it will refer the actions of a former employee to Victoria Police following the release of a scathing report into his conduct as team leader of Mildura Cemetery Trust.

13 Nov 2019