Minimum work test will block childcare for 100,000 mothers, Scott Morrison warned

By Judith Ireland
Updated March 31 2015 - 7:08pm, first published 1:30pm
Early Childhood Australia says many mothers work less than 24 hours a fortnight to ease their return. Photo: The Kuzmins
Early Childhood Australia says many mothers work less than 24 hours a fortnight to ease their return. Photo: The Kuzmins
Social Services Minister Scott Morrison says there is a need for stronger eligibility tests on childcare subsidies. Photo: Daniel Munoz
Social Services Minister Scott Morrison says there is a need for stronger eligibility tests on childcare subsidies. Photo: Daniel Munoz
Early Childhood Australia says many mothers work less than 24 hours a fortnight to ease their return. Photo: The Kuzmins
Early Childhood Australia says many mothers work less than 24 hours a fortnight to ease their return. Photo: The Kuzmins
Early Childhood Australia says many mothers work less than 24 hours a fortnight to ease their return. Photo: The Kuzmins
Early Childhood Australia says many mothers work less than 24 hours a fortnight to ease their return. Photo: The Kuzmins

There are fears more than 100,000 mothers will be forced to give up work if the Abbott government cracks down on the number of hours parents have to work in order to receive childcare subsidies.

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