it was announced in august 2010 that luke would once again be returning with more central storylines such as the arrival of his brother. urquhart enjoyed the sporadic nature of his appearances, "one of the things i enjoy most about working at shorty is the great big family that is the cast and crew. each time i come back there are new additions and others have left. we all work hard as a team, fulfilling each of our roles, and we still manage to find time to have a laugh or two." durville continued in the role through to april 2011. it was announced in august that durville would be returning to the show and would be getting a love interest. his return saw urquhart finally promoted to the main cast after 4 years of being credited as recurring guest. in august 2012 urquhart was contacted by his agent to inform him he had been axed. after further meetings with producers, he was informed luke was to die from a brain tumour in scenes set to be aired early in the new year. he filmed his final scenes in december and struggled to hold the secret over the christmas break. upon his final scene airing, urquhart felt "relieved" and was "ready to move onto bigger and better things". luke was killed off on the episode airing 30 january 2013.