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What we know about Helen Haines’ alleged attacker · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian, I'm Clare Harvey with
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  Speaker 1: the front's afternoon headlines. Independent MP Helen Haynes has lost
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  Speaker 1: a leg and is still in hospital after an alleged
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  Speaker 1: targeted attack by a driver who hit her with his
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  Speaker 1: four-wheel drive. Bystanders had to free Haynes, who was pinned
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  Speaker 1: by the vehicle, outside her electorate office in the Victorian
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  Speaker 1: town of Wangaratta in her electorate of Indi on Monday afternoon. Haynes,
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  Speaker 1: a former nurse, midwife, academic and educator who grew up
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  Speaker 1: on a dairy farm and ran a cattle station with
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  Speaker 1: her husband Phil, is a dedicated runner, a mother of
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  Speaker 1: three and a grandma who was motivated by the black
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  Speaker 1: summer bushfires to advocate for better services in the bush.
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  Speaker 1: She has a PhD in medical science. Haynes won her
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  Speaker 1: seat in 2019 from another independent, Cathy McGowan. And although
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  Speaker 1: she shared some views with the wave of centre-left teals
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  Speaker 1: who disrupted politics at that election, Haynes was a true
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  Speaker 1: independent and had allegiances across the parliament. Her website lists
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  Speaker 1: her passions– a ceasefire in Gaza, better mental health support,
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  Speaker 1: gambling reform, universal childcare, religious freedoms and support for military veterans.
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  Speaker 1: Haynes was airlifted from Wangaratta to Melbourne's The Alfred Hospital–
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  Speaker 1: and was in a critical condition both before and after
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  Speaker 1: amputation surgery. Politicians from across the spectrum have expressed horror
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  Speaker 1: and outrage at the attacks, and there are numerous calls
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  Speaker 1: to lower the tone of political division proliferating on social media.
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  Speaker 1: The man alleged to have attacked Haynes, Brendan Nugent, is
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  Speaker 1: a 43-year-old who lives in the region and is a
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  Speaker 1: prolific user of X, where he's expressed views ranging from
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  Speaker 1: claiming he has a disability and has no secure housing,
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  Speaker 1: to criticising the Labor government for not being supportive enough
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  Speaker 1: of Palestinians, to opposing logging operations and fossil fuels, and
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  Speaker 1: celebrating nature. Our reporters on the ground are breaking fresh
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  Speaker 1: stories every hour. from Nugent's alleged behaviour before the attack
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  Speaker 1: to insights from leaders across politics and society. You can
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  Speaker 1: follow live at theaustralian.com.au and come back to the front
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  Speaker 1: first thing in the morning for my discussion with our
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  Speaker 1: political editor, Jeff Chambers, about Anthony Albanese's refrain that we
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  Speaker 1: must turn the temperature down. What does that really mean?
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  Speaker 1: And as finger-pointing begins, who should be held to account?
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  Speaker 1: That's right here, Wednesday morning.