Amicus Community Services Ltd: WorkSafe Victoria prosecution

criminal conviction19 Dec 2025Penalty $370K

Respondent

Amicus Community Services Ltd

Facts

Disability service provider whose overnight carer did not respond to a seizure-mat alarm when a client fell from bed in May 2021; the client was not checked for over seven hours and died. The provider also failed to notify WorkSafe until January 2022.

Outcome

Amicus Community Services Ltd was convicted and fined $370,000 in the County Court of Victoria (19 December 2025). Other orders: Adverse publicity order, including notifying the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.

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Read the source

https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/news/2025-12/disability-provider-fined-after-death-client

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