About 250 people protest outside a Bendigo cemetery after precious items were removed from the gravesites of loved ones, with rule changes banning mourners from placing decorations.
Decorations already removed
"One of her friends called me and said, 'I don't know how to tell you this but everything is gone. The guinea pig statue you ordered nine years ago, the dolphins — they're all gone'," Ms Kidman said."My parents, who are also now dead, also left trinkets on her grave.Ms Kidman said she broke her ankle while visiting the cemetery the previous day after falling in a hole that was covered by a patch of green grass.
"The Victorian government expects that the trust is respectful of grieving families' adornments and valuables and communicates any changes appropriately and respectfully," they said.An RPCV trust spokesperson acknowledged its new rules were a "deeply emotional issue". They acknowledged the organisation needed to better explain to families what was permitted and not-permitted at sites.Opposition MP calls for sacking
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