Report on Government Services 2024

Part B of the Report on Government Services 2024 (ROGS report) was published recently. This part of the Report deals with childcare, education and training. The ROGS report is an annual report produced by the Productivity Commission comparing the performance of State and Territory governments in the delivery of a wide range of services. Some of the data has already been published by ACECQA. The Report covers a number of aspects of childcare but it includes some interesting information in relation to childcare service compliance (including comparative data):

• The jurisdictions with the highest number of confirmed breaches of the NQF per 100 services (in 2022-23) were: NSW (303.1), Queensland (183.3) and WA (183.1). The lowest were: ACT (50.5), SA (99.5) and Victoria (107.2). Nationally, there were 192.6 confirmed breaches per 100 services (up from from last year's 162.2), with the highest rates being for family day care (629.9 breaches per 100 services, substantially up from 441 last year.) and long day care (237 breaches per 100 services, up from 209.6 last year).

• The jurisdictions with the highest number of serious incidents (as defined in regulation 12 of the National Regulations) that have occurred per 100 services (in 2022-3) were: ACT (189.8), Tasmania (173.4) and SA (163.5). The lowest rates of serious incidents occurred in Victoria (109.8), NT (120.6), and NSW (144.8). Nationally, there were 139.4 serious incidents per 100 NQF services with a total of 24,142 serious incidents having occurred. This is up from last year when the figures were 123.8 serious incidents per 100 NQF service and a total 21,022 incidents.