Baby found dead at Wagga beach homeless encampment as mother and another infant taken to hospital

Police say ‘no suspicious circumstances’ while local councillor argues ‘tragedy’ shows housing crisis has gotten out of hand in regional Australia Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A newborn baby has been found dead in a tent in regional New South Wales, prompting renewed calls to address homelessness across regional Australia. Police were called to a homeless encampment near Wagga beach on the Murrumbidgee River on Saturday, where they found a 37-year-old woman with two infants, one of whom was deceased. The surviving baby and the mother were taken to hospital, where the infant remained in a critical condition on Monday afternoon, authorities said. Police said there were “no suspicious circumstances”. Local councillor Richard Foley said the death was a tragedy and showed the housing crisis had gotten “out of hand”. “We’ve now had a death of a young baby, a newborn baby, in a tent,” he said. “A newborn child is deceased, and another one is in a serious condition. The mother was escorted to hospital on the weekend, which is just unacceptable.” Foley said the river encampment had grown bigger each year,

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