Revealed: Illegal ambo funeral held as Covid bans denied others fitting farewells

Email A secret, sanctioned send-off with up to 40 guests was held for an Ambulance Victoria paramedic in September 2021, despite Covid bans at the time strictly limiting the number of people at any funeral to 10.

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