7 Mar 2019

Rising burial costs forcing families to cremate loved ones

From Morning Report, 6:14 am on 7 March 2019

The increasing cost of burials is leaving low income families with no choice but cremation. People who are struggling financially can go to Work and Income to get a funeral grant - but the most they can get is just over $2,000. The president of the Funeral Directors Association, Gary Taylor, tells Sarah Robson that doesn't get a family very far.