Disability Service Cops $1.8 Million Fine for Burns Death

‘Almost the maximum penalty has been awarded with respect to the specific contraventions closely aligned with Ms. Lucas’s tragic, untimely death.’

A sign designating wheelchair access at a public toilet can be seen in Albany, Western Australia, on Nov. 2, 2023. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times

A disability support provider has been fined $1.8 million after admitting serious shortfalls in staff training that led to a vulnerable Indigenous woman dying from burns after being given a bath.

Kyah Lucas suffered burns to 35 to 40 per cent of her body when she was bathed at her home in Orange, in central-west NSW, by two workers from NDIS provider LiveBetter on Feb. 2, 2022.