The Turnbull government faces a $4 billion budget hole as it tries to convince the senate crossbench to pass its giant bill on changes to childcare, paid parental leave and welfare payments.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is being told by key crossbenchers his government will need to start again and rewrite its omnibus bill because they're set to oppose it in the Senate.
The bill attempts to overhaul childcare fee subsidies by linking them to a range of welfare cuts and funding for the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Mr Turnbull says the Coalition has no choice but to look for savings because Labor never properly funded the NDIS when it was in government.
It faced a major set-back when the Nick Xenophon Team decided not to support the legislation, but the Coalition maintains it's not giving up just yet.
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