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Independent MP Helen Haines in critical condition after ‘attack’ outside her office

The Age - Home · 19 October 2026 at 9:42 pm

Independent MP Helen Haines in critical condition after ‘attack’ outside her office

The federal independent MP was struck by a four-wheel drive outside her regional Victorian electorate office in Wangaratta.

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