An NDIS provider has been hit with the highest-ever civil penalty by the Federal Court against a provider after a man choked to death. The Federal Court imposed the $1.9m penalty against Valmar ...

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A disability support service has been ordered to pay more than $1.9 million after the improper training of its workers led to the choking death of a Canberra man in care.

The man died in May 2020, three days after being fed by workers at a residential home operated by Valmar Support Services in the Canberra suburb of Richardson. The disability and aged care provider ...