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July 9th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda A woman whose family says they were hit with a $55 carbon tax levy on their father’s funeral says there are enough taxes in life, without having to pay tax on death too.
The Maliki family says a staff member at the Springvale Cemetery in Melbourne told them the price of their father’s burial plot had risen by $55 because of the carbon tax.
The cemetery operator said fees had not increased as a result of the carbon tax and if the family was told that, it was a mistake.
Erica Maliki is adamant a fee increase was blamed on the carbon tax.
“When asked what the increase was for we were told it was for the carbon tax,” Ms Maliki told Network Ten on Monday.
The family say they were told even the dead can’t escape the carbon tax.
“This is wrong, this is very wrong,” Ms Maliki said.
“We pay enough taxes in our life when we’re alive. We shouldn’t have to tax our dead.”
The cemetery’s communications manager Rebecca Atkins said if the comment about the carbon tax was made, it was in error.
“The carbon tax doesn’t impact on our prices whatsoever,” Ms Atkins told AAP.
“If that comment was made to them, then unfortunately it would have been in error.”
Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust chief executive John Tribe said he was sorry for the distress caused to the Maliki family.
“However, I can categorically state that in no circumstances have our fees increased due to the carbon tax,” he said in a statement.
Mr Tribe said he would ensure all employees were fully aware of this to prevent clients being misinformed.
He said the cemetery increased its fees on July 1 in line with inflation and the Maliki family was now satisfied with the reason behind the price increase.
Climate Change Minister Greg Combet said cemeteries or crematoriums were not liable under the carbon price scheme.
“It would be reprehensible to take advantage of grieving relatives by making misleading claims about funeral expenses,” he said, responding to the initial report in News Ltd newspapers.
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