Minister for Education Jason Clare
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The federal government has followed through on its promise to name and shame childcare centres that are failing to meet the national standards.

The Department of Education today listed 29 early childhood education and care (ECEC) services that have had conditions placed on their funding for “failing to meet National Quality Standards for several years” since new legislation passed parliament last month.

Of the centres, 11 – more than a third – are in Western Australia, with a further seven in NSW, five in Queensland, four in Victoria and two in South Australia.

See the full list of childcare centres named by the government in the table below:

None of the 29 services have had their child care subsidy approval suspended or cancelled.

The compliance action does not relate to any criminal allegations, which are handled by state authorities including police.

The federal government revealed last week it had taken action against the centres using the new powers provided by legislation passed during the first sitting weeks of the new parliament in July.

“We have taken action swiftly under the new legislation to begin rebuilding confidence in a system that parents need to have confidence in,” Education Minister Jason Clare said.

Minister for Education Jason Clare
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare. (Alex Ellinghausen)

“This is not about closing centres down, it’s about lifting standards up.

“Over the next six months, these centres will need to lift their game or they will face further consequences including the cutting off of funding.

“This action puts those centres on notice that they need to put the safety of our children first.”

The bipartisan push to be able to strip noncompliant centres of their Commonwealth funding came following allegations of child sexual abuse against two separate workers in NSW and Victoria.

Joshua Dale Brown, 26, has been charged with 70 offences allegedly committed while working at childcare centres in Melbourne.

David William James, 26, has been charged with 13 offences while working at out-of-school-hours care services in Sydney.

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