Childcare centre Fun2Learn becomes the first to be forced to shut down in major crackdown on safety breaches in Aussie state
The NSW Government has for the first time used new powers to shut down a scandal-plagued childcare centre after years of repeated breaches.
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By NICHOLAS COMINO, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA
Published: 02:47 GMT, 11 January 2026 | Updated: 10:16 GMT, 11 January 2026
A scandal‑plagued childcare centre that spent more than a decade failing to meet national standards has finally been shut down, marking a significant test of NSW’s tough crackdown on unsafe services.
Fun2Learn childcare centre in Rosehill, western Sydney, was ordered to close on Friday after years of repeated breaches, including padlocked fire exits, unlabelled chemicals in children’s bathrooms and no proper plans for children with severe allergies.
The closure follows sweeping reforms introduced after widespread failures in the early‑learning sector, with long‑term low‑rated centres put on notice. NSW’s new early learning commissioner has declared that lax oversight is over.
Acting NSW early learning commissioner Daryl Currie said the Rosehill centre was given every opportunity to improve.
‘We will not hesitate to take action against providers who place children at risk by consistently failing to address safety and quality concerns, even where a serious child safety incident has not yet occurred,’ Currie said.
Although Fun2Learn had avoided any major incidents, Currie said the service repeatedly showed it could not, or would not, lift its standards.
He emphasised that the commission ‘does not cancel centres lightly’, but said Fun2Learn posed an ‘unacceptable risk’ to children.
Over 12 years, the department made 18 visits to Fun2Learn, offering specialist support and repeated warnings.
The Fun2Learn childcare centre in Rosehill was ordered to close after a number of breaches
Yet every time, the centre failed to meet even the most basic requirements for supervision, hazard management and emergency planning.
‘The commission does not have confidence that the provider can make the necessary changes to provide the expected level of quality of early childhood education and care,’ Currie said.
Centre owner and director Lisa Thai told the Sydney Morning Herald she was devastated by the shutdown and insisted she had worked with the department to improve standards.
She questioned why her service was shut down when others with even more serious failures remained open.
‘When I look at my centre’s history, I totally understand the department’s perspective,’ Thai said, insisting all past breaches had been addressed and cleared.