Costs you can’t avoid

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You can shop around or do it yourself on many parts of a funeral, but here are three costs you cannot avoid.

Registration of a Death: The Queensland Government’s Births, Deaths and Marriages register requires all deaths that occur in the state to be registered. The registration is free, but if you want a certificate (which you’ll need to get money out of the deceased person’s account etc.) then the government charge a fee of $52.60
Reserve a burial plot: Cairns Regional Council charges fees to reserve a plot for a burial. This costs $995 for an adult grave site. This is necessary even if you reserve the site only a day before you do the burial. For this money you will own that grave site for ever.
Grave opening and closing fee: Cairns Regional Council charges a fee to prepare and close the grave at the time of burial. This cost is $1,115.

Of course, if you are going with cremation, the Cairns Regional Council burial fees do not apply.

Categories: Costs, Funerals, Memorials

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