Amendments to the Queensland Integrated Planning Act re new definition of Community Hospice Guest House

Eligibility - Queensland citizens
Principal Petitioner:
Susan Story
Unit 31/20 Baywater Drive
TWIN WATERS QLD 4564
Total Signatures - 1,787
Sponsoring Member: Peter Wellington MP
Posting Date: 28/10/2009
Tabled Date: 28/10/2009
Responded By: Hon Stirling Hinchliffe MP on 3/12/2009
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
The petition of citizens of Queensland draws to the attention of the House the following:1. People are calling for the right to receive the end of life care they want and deserve in their own community.2. Queensland Health and Palliative Care Services are experiencing significant challenges in responding to an increased demand by people needing end of life care.3. Queensland Planning schemes do not easily allow for the approval and operation of community hospice guest houses.Your petitioners therefore request the House to support amendments to the Queensland Integrated Planning Act for a new definition of Community Hospice Guest House, which would be Code Assessable within a Rural or Rural Residential precincts of a Local Government planning scheme. This amendment would mean that Local Governments could easily approve applications for Community Hospice Guest Houses that provided short-term accommodation for no more than three clients with a maximum of three permanent staff. People would be able to receive the end of life care that they rightly deserve in their own communities.