![Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visited the Crace Early Learning Centre in Canberra on Wednesday to announce the changes.](/web/20170208111457im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/7/t/w/s/image.related.landscape.460x307.gu84bu.png/1486536658408.jpg)
Turnbull government surprises by rolling welfare cuts into childcare reforms
The Turnbull government has been accused of holding parents "hostage" by surprisingly tieing its childcare reforms to $8 billion worth of payment cuts to young jobseekers, welfare recipients and families eligible for paid parental leave from their employers.