Title: Funeral costs | State Library of NSW
Headings: Chapter 17: Funeral costs
Chapter 17: Funeral costs
Organisations
Direct committal
Paying accounts
Children's funerals
Headstones and monuments
Destitute funerals
Returning deceased person to the area of residence
Attendance by relatives
Complaints about contracted funeral director
Financial assistance for funerals
Centrelink payments
Carer payments
Death of a child
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Commemoration
Local Health District
Pensioner associations and registered clubs
Trade unions
Health insurance schemes
Voluntary agencies
Financial institutions
Insurance - motor vehicle accidents
Workcover
Superannuation funds
Funeral funds and benefits

Content: In country areas where cemetery land is not so scarce, a plot will be cheaper. Organisations
NSW Health - Disposal of the deceased
NSW Fair Trading - Funerals
Australian Department of Human Services - Bereavement payment
Australian Department of Veterans' Affairs - Bereavement assistance
Labour costs are involved in opening and closing the grave and maintaining it. Where plots are in a lawn section, the charges will include ongoing care of the plot and may include the cost of a memorial plaque. Where a double grave is used, costs for the second burial will be limited to a re-opening fee only as the plot itself was paid for at the first opening. Different funeral directors offer different facilities so more than one company should be contacted to compare the costs of the services requested. Different companies may charge quite differently for apparently identical services. A funeral director who provides a ‘basic funeral’ must inform all prospective customers of this option by giving them a written ‘basic funeral notice’ before entering into any funeral arrangement. The basic funeral notice specifies and lists all the services provided and their cost, including the costs of disbursements. If a customer wants to arrange a non-basic funeral, the funeral director must give them an itemised written quote, specifying each of the goods and services that will be provided and their costs, including the estimated costs of the necessary disbursements and any other disbursements. Direct committal
This is a burial or cremation with no one in attendance.