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Live: Helen Haines loses leg after attack outside electorate office

ABC News Australia - Top Stories · 20 October 2026 at 5:31 am

Anthony Albanese says counter-terrorism police are investigating and a man has been arrested after Indi MP Helen Haines was "attacked" near her electorate office in Victoria's north-east.

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