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The Greater Metropolitan Cemetery Trust is creating a 128-hectare cemetery where  “the diversity of all people is understood, celebrated and leveraged”, yet over nine thousand people in the city of Melton's population have been left out of the conversation.  

The City of Melton’s outer suburb of Harkness is the proposed home for a new 128-hectare cemetery that will “reimagine the public cemetery”. The new development, as proposed by The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust, will “integrate the site into community life.” The trust says “population growth, urbanisation and climate change mean future public open spaces must meet many needs,”  and thus the cemetery must accommodate space for the community through picnic grounds, bike paths, and playgrounds. 

Producers: Phoebe Billing, Eden Hayes, Reese Mautone & Bridget Clarke