The ombudsman is investigating complaints about Remembrance Parks Central Victoria's decision to remove items from headstones in Bendigo.
Trish Connor lost her only granddaughter Patiya nine years ago. She was killed by a falling branch in Bendigo's Rosalind Park.abc.net.au/news/rpcv-chief-stood-down-amid-headstone-complaints/101920450Remembrance Parks Central Victoria chief executive Emma Flukes has been stood down as the board reviews the policy banning grave adornments.
"While our actions have been motivated by compliance with occupational health and safety laws, we recognise that we should have provided better support to families and communicated more widely before acting the way we did." The spokesperson also said the policy was designed to protect the health and safety of staff and visitors."The RPCV Trust has stopped the removal of items from memorials unless they are specifically dangerous," the spokesperson said.
"Specific items that will be removed are alcohol, anything with a metal spike or sharp edges, broken items and glass items. "If a glass item has flowers in it our staff will replace the glass holder with a plastic RPCV vase."(
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