❓ Mr. Krsticevic inquires about new cemetery designations, funding allocation, and development expenditure in WA. The response indicates no new cemeteries have been designated recently, and funding is primarily the responsibility of local governments and cemetery boards.
AnsweredQoN 2567Legislative Assembly
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(1) Can you please provide a list of those areas in Western Australia which have been designated to be used as new cemeteries? (2) Has any funding been allocated for the development of new cemeteries and if so, how much funding has been allocated? (3) How much funding has been spent towards the development of new cemeteries for each of the past four years? (4) When will the designated areas referred to in the answer to question (1), be available for use?
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Answered
20 March 2018
Responded by
Minister for Local Government
Response time
6 days
(1) The Cemeteries Act 1986 provides that land to be used for a cemetery is to be gazetted as such following the approval of the Governor. No new cemeteries have been designated as such in the past year.
(2) The funding of cemeteries is a matter for the cemetery board or local government in whose management the cemetery is vested. These are self-funded.
The Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (MCB) has allocated $5 000 towards investigation of a site in its forward estimates.
(3) The funding of cemeteries is a matter for the relevant local government or cemetery board. No new cemeteries have been gazetted in the past four years.
The MCB has spent the following:
2014-15 - $27 652
2015-16 - $0
2016-17 - $3 500
2017-18 - $18 694
(4) Not applicable
(2) The funding of cemeteries is a matter for the cemetery board or local government in whose management the cemetery is vested. These are self-funded.
The Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (MCB) has allocated $5 000 towards investigation of a site in its forward estimates.
(3) The funding of cemeteries is a matter for the relevant local government or cemetery board. No new cemeteries have been gazetted in the past four years.
The MCB has spent the following:
2014-15 - $27 652
2015-16 - $0
2016-17 - $3 500
2017-18 - $18 694
(4) Not applicable
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