• Tue. Oct 20th, 2026

Helen Haines attack live updates: Brendan Nugent identified as alleged attacker; Indi MP remains in critical condition after being struck multiple times by car outside Wangaratta office

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Oct 20, 2026 #Haines, #Helen
Helen Haines attack live updates: Brendan Nugent identified as alleged attacker; Indi MP remains in critical condition after being struck multiple times by car outside Wangaratta office

Haines has lost one leg, surgeons trying to save other By

Haines remains in a critical condition after losing a leg as a result of her injuries, sources told this masthead.

Surgeons are working to try to save the other leg.

Haines is continuing to receive medical treatment at The Alfred hospital in Melbourne.

Police detain a man after the alleged attack against Helen Haines. Bailey Zimmermann/Wangaratta Chronicle Latest Posts 2.58pm One Nation to alter Jacqui Lambie cartoon By Nick Newling

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has backtracked her comments on a controversial cartoon in which her party made fun of Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie for experiencing vaginal and bladder prolapse, saying she has ordered the video be changed.

“The video went up without my actually seeing it, and I was not aware of the content of the video. I have spoken to the creator of that video. I’ve asked him to actually change it,” Hanson told News24.

“I respect people’s views and opinions out there, and it, and it wasn’t as tastefully done as it could have been, and I do apologise for that. And I’ve already spoken to them about it and changing that,” she said.

In last week’s episode of Please Explain, the populist party depicted Lambie saying: “I can’t laugh because of my prolapsed vagina.”

2.35pm Hanson blames PM, Greens for rising political tensions By Nick Newling

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has sought to attribute blame for worsening public discourse on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as she said she was shocked to hear last night about the alleged attack on Helen Haines.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson. Alex Ellinghausen “I put the blame onto our leaders, whether … premiers of the states or whether it is our prime minister. For the protest marches that are happening
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