National worker register, mobile phone ban coming as $190 million childcare overhaul announced

Mobile phones will be banned, CCTV rolled out, and a national worker register established under an overhaul of the nation's childcare sector.

Federal Education Minister Jason Clare and Early Childhood Education Minister Jess Walsh announced the initiatives following a meeting with their state and territory counterparts this morning.

Under the crackdown, all workers will be banned from using mobile phones in childcare centres from September.

The government will also provide $189 million in funding for a trial of CCTV, to be rolled out in October and November, as part of an assessment of its role in the industry, and has agreed with the states and territories to establish a national register for workers.

The register will include a wide array of data ranging from contact details to which