Helen Haines live updates: Alleged attacker Brendan Nugent to face court in Wangaratta this morning

Guardian World20 October 2026, 19:51 UTCCanada

Follow the day’s news live.Deeply appalled’: politicians condemn alleged attack after Helen Haines critically injuredHelen Haines, the principled MP respected across parliamentTracee Hutchison will not run in Victoria’s state election in November, despite winning almost a quarter of first preferences at the by-election in May, citing rising violence towards women.Speaking to AAP, Hutchison shared her distress for Helen Haines and also recalled her personal experience of “a sustained, organised harassment and bullying campaign”.The verbal harassment I experienced, and that the women my team did

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