Australians who commit a crime could have their working with children check revoked as soon as they're found guilty by the end of 2026, as part of a set of reforms aimed at better protecting young people from predators.

Federal Attorney-General Michelle Rowland used a meeting of her state and territory counterparts on Friday to announce $37 million in funding towards enhanced national monitoring of working with children checks.

At the moment, someone who commits a crime could potentially hold onto their check for years until it needs to be renewed.

All jurisdictions have now agreed to sign up to a "national continuous checking capability", which will allow the use of state and territory police databases to monitor the criminal histories of check-holders in "near real time".

A pilot of

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