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Independent federal MP Helen Haines critically injured after struck by 4WD in allegedly “deliberate attack”

PerthNow · 20 October 2026 at 6:53 am

Independent federal MP Helen Haines critically injured after struck by 4WD in allegedly “deliberate attack”

The Joint Terrorism Task Force has been activated after independent MP Helen Haines was allegedly deliberately struck by a 4WD.

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