Shock after alleged attack on MP; Australia’s banana shortage; and Boland shines in second test

Guardian Australia19 October 2026, 19:52 UTCAustralia

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Politics, really newsletter. Morning everyone. Independent MP Helen Haines has been critically injured in an alleged attack involving a vehicle outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, in regional Victoria. We have a full report, an explainer about what we know, and a profile.Supermarkets are running low on stocks of bananas after cooler-than-usual weather in Queensland has hindered production, a thinktank warns that employers are using AI to monitor workers, there’s proof that bea

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