Disability Provider Faces $1.8 Million Fine Over Burns Death

Kyah Lucas suffered burns to 35 percent of her body when she was bathed at her home by two workers from NDIS.

A man wearing a shawl over his head walks into a Centrelink, Medicare, NDIS office in Albany, Western Australia, on Sept. 26, 2023. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times

A disability support provider faces a $1.8 million (US$1.18 million) fine over the death of a young Indigenous woman who was severely burnt when poorly-trained carers gave her a bath.

Kyah Lucas suffered burns to 35 percent of her body when she was bathed at her home in Orange, in central west NSW, by two workers from National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provider LiveBetter on Feb. 2, 2022.