The aged care resident had reportedly threatened to harm other residents and himself, and was armed with a metal object, swinging it at staff who were forced to lock themselves in a room.
At the heart of residents’ concerns is a narrow laneway Storage King customers would use to access the facility, which also serves as the main vehicle entry for Europa on Alma residents and neighbouring homes.
Alex Greenwich, who introduced the original VAD legislation in 2021, said, the bill "would have cruelly limited access to voluntary assisted dying in aged care homes".
Plans for a major land lease community and hospital in Agnes Water, Central Queensland, are now before the Planning and Environment Court after Gladstone Regional Council refused to extend the project’s development approval.
