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Australia

RIP: Government drops plan to force takeover of Sydney Catholic cemeteries

New South Wales is dropping a bid to force a trust responsible for managing Catholic cemeteries to merge into a single government provider.

The Pillar
May 17, 2023
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 Australian state ministers are dropping their bid to force a trust responsible for managing Catholic cemeteries to merge into a single government provider. 

The decision is the latest development in a years-long dispute between the Catholic Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust in Sydney and government of the Australian state of New South Wales.

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