Shepparton electorate
Ms SHEED (Shepparton) (14:42): (5959) My question is for the Minister for Health. Members of our growing Sikh community in Shepparton, a wonderful multicultural community, met with me recently for the purpose of discussing the establishment of a crematorium in Shepparton. Shepparton does not have a crematorium at all, and members of many communities who wish to use a crematorium facility have to travel either to Bendigo or to Melbourne, which is a long distance away. The number of people in our community seeking to use the facility of a crematorium is growing. We have a number of religious groups, and certainly our Sikh community is growing, and they are very keen for me to advocate on this issue, and I do so. I do support the need for such a facility because the travel times and distances when people are in a time of grief are really quite difficult, and I think cremation is becoming more popular. I seek that the minister consider this.