Rebecca Mohr Bell, a cattle farmer and business owner, lives 100km south-west of Katherine in the Northern Territory, and with three young children, has relied on in-home childcare since 2018. The little-known taxpayer supported program is used by about 800 families with children who cannot access mainstream care, including because they live in remote locations, have serious illness or a disability, or because their parents work unusual hours. Mohr Bell and her husband have a full-time live-in childcare educator, but recent cost increases not covered by the government have left her family in a difficult situation. She said her gap payments after receiving the childcare subsidy have skyrocketed in the past two years due to the rising cost of accommodation and wages. Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email “It’s just going to mean it becomes unaffordable. I just can’t afford to do it or I’ll have to cut the hours for my educator which is not really feasible either,” she said.…