A newborn baby has been found dead and another infant is in critical condition after being discovered in a tent by a riverbank in Wagga Wagga, with local officials attributing the tragedy to systemic issues including a lack of public housing and rising rental costs.
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Uh, listen, I've just had a text message come through from the press gallery in Wellington. Uh, and Nikola has gone down and hand delivered an apology. This is Nicola Willis for the lotto phrase. She says, in answer to a question from a journalist today, I said socialing social housing tenants had won the lotto. I regret using this phrase because people living in social housing are often in very difficult circumstances, and the phrase I used implied otherwise. I reached for the wrong metaphor when trying to make a point about fairness in the housing system, and I will not be using this phrase again. I told you it would be a problem. I think it's probably being tidied up in exactly the right way. Eleven away from six back with a huddle, Thomas Scrimger and Oscar Kitely. Now, Oscar, read corrections and the bust that happened yesterday. Do you think we need to accept that we are not the innocent little country we like to think we are?
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The Huddle: Will the Government's social housing overhaul fix the issues in the system?Social-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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