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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly Inequality reporter

NSW government paid for homeless man to be sent back to New Zealand instead of offering housing

Mark Hudson, 53, with his dog Smokey in Wagga Wagga
Mark Hudson in Wagga Wagga. Homes NSW repeatedly offered him a flight back to New Zealand. Photograph: Supplied

The New South Wales government paid for a homeless man in Wagga Wagga to be sent back to New Zealand instead of offering him temporary accommodation, in an attempt to move on residents living in an encampment by a river.

The local council and state government have been attempting to clear out the encampment for several months after a newborn baby died in May when its mother gave birth to twins in a tent.

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