Locals hailed as heroes coming to the aid of MP Helen Haines | ABC NEWS
*Editor’s note: Since this report was filed, Brendan Nugent has been charged over the attack on MP Helen Haines.*
There’s been an outpouring of grief and concern for Helen Haines, the federal Member for Indi, who was rammed by a car outside her electoral office in Wangaratta.
She has lost a leg as a result of her severe injuries and surgeons at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne have spent the day trying to save the other.
00:00 – Wangaratta community comes to terms with horrific incident
03:54 – Ben Knight reports from Wangaratta
06:10 – Rosie Barnett on Helen Haines’s condition in hospital
07:44 – Politicians express their horror and disbelief
10:17 – David Speers on political climate after the incident
11:20 – Security fears ahead of Victorian state election
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