▁for ▁Brad ▁and ▁La uren ' s ▁wed ding . ▁His ▁last ▁story line ▁is ▁revis ited ▁when ▁Jack a ' s ▁mother ▁Max ine ▁Cow per ▁( K ate ▁H ood ) ▁turns ▁up ▁at ▁the ▁wed ding ▁reception . ▁It ▁emer ges ▁that ▁Ned ▁bur nt ▁down ▁Max ine ' s ▁house , ▁and ▁he ▁is ▁soon ▁arrested ▁for ▁ar son . ▁The ▁scenes ▁featuring ▁Ned ' s ▁arrest ▁were ▁shot ▁out ▁of ▁sync ▁with ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁wed ding ▁story line , ▁as ▁an ▁actor ▁was ▁un available ▁to ▁film ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁ ▁The ▁character ▁depart ed ▁the ▁show ▁on ▁ 1 7 ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁after ▁being ▁written ▁out ▁for ▁a ▁third ▁time . ▁Writ ers ▁decided ▁to ▁end ▁Ned ' s ▁relationship ▁with ▁El ly ▁before ▁his ▁departure . ▁On - screen , ▁El ly ▁explains ▁to ▁Ned ▁that ▁she ▁needs ▁to ▁be ▁single ▁and ▁independent ▁for ▁a ▁while . ▁Ned ▁accepts ▁her ▁decision , ▁having ▁real ised ▁that ▁they ▁just ▁have ▁" bad ▁timing ." ▁After ▁saying ▁good bye ▁to ▁his ▁family , ▁Ned ▁leaves ▁Er ins borough ▁for ▁Gold ▁Coast , ▁where ▁he ▁plans ▁to ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁new ▁t atto o ▁parl our . ▁Hall ▁later ▁thank ed ▁view ers ▁for ▁their ▁support ▁on ▁his ▁social ▁media ▁accounts , ▁and ▁added ▁" it ▁was ▁an ▁absolute ▁honour ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁cra zy ▁world ▁of ▁Er ins borough ▁and ▁work ▁with ▁such ▁kind ▁and ▁tal ented