#Haines

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Zali Steggall and Monique Ryan say Coalition leader was wrong to deny link between parliamentary debate and political violence

Helen Haines was critically injured last week in an alleged act of political violence

Australia’s Parliament has resumed work with enhanced security and paid tribute to a lawmaker who was injured last week in an alleged act of political violence.

Commissioner Krissy Barrett says women are more often singled out, often with threats of sexual violence

The condition of injured MP Helen Haines has improved from critical to serious but stable after more than four days in hospital. submitted by /u/Expensive-Horse5538 [link] [comments]

The first piece Helen Haines wrote for The Saturday Paper coincided with the establishment of the National Anti-Corruption Commission, a reform for which she was centrally responsible and a measure of her effectiveness and her sincere commitment to…

With ashen faces, a shocked Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke confirmed to the nation late on Monday that the independent member for the federal seat of Indi, Helen Haines, had been attacked and critically injured.…

Independent MP now serious but stable, according to update from Melbourne’s Alfred hospital

Every one of us can and should act. We share the pleasures and the pains of the same country. We can all contribute to improving it in this dire moment.

After attacks on police and now an MP, Victoria’s Alpine region is reeling as researchers warn of a dangerous vacuum of mental health services.

The four-wheel-drive attack on the independent MP has exposed long-running tensions between parliamentarians and the authorities responsible for protecting them.

A 56-year-old man has been charged with threatening Hannah Beazley’s staff with nunchucks

A man has been charged with threatening an Australian lawmaker’s staff with nunchucks days after another legislator was critically injured when a man repeatedly hit her with a car.

Police are investigating whether Brendan Nugent’s hostility to his own family could have been a motive in the alleged attack on MP Helen Haines.

Perth man charged with ‘being armed in a way that may cause fear’ – days after Helen Haines was allegedly attacked with 4WD outside her Victorian office

Locals describe the MP, who had to have both legs amputated, as a genuinely kind person who fought for the community.

Doctors have amputated both of Helen Haines legs after the Australian lawmaker was hit in an apparent deliberate attack. The suspected driver involved in the attack has appeared in court.