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

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A 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.