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Related video: Helen Haines' husband confirms Australian MP has had second leg amputated

Australian independent MP Helen Haines is in a serious but stable condition, spokesperson for the Alfred hospital in Melbourne says, after both her legs were amputated following an alleged car attack.

The 65-year-old representative for Indi was struck by a vehicle outside her electorate office in Wangaratta on Monday in what police allege was a deliberate act.

Brendan Nugent, 43, has been charged with dangerous driving, intentionally causing serious injury, and causing harm to a Commonwealth public official.

Haines’s husband Phil said that “her heart and her mind are in good shape”.

More than AU$730,000 (£360,000) has been raised for Save the Children in her honour while her staff prepare to reopen her electorate offices.

In full Australian MP Helen Haines no longer in critical condition after alleged attack

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