How the alleged attack on MP Helen Haines unfolded

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Oct 20, 202600:06:54News & Politics

Independent MP Helen Haines is in a critical condition, after she was hit by a vehicle outside her electorate office in regional Victoria. Here's what you need to know. In what's being described as a 'deliberate' attack,...

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