Helen Haines’s second leg amputated but she is stable and ‘a fighter’, husband says – as it happened

Independent MP was struck by a car on Monday and her alleged attacker appeared in court on Wednesday ‘Deeply appalled’: politicians condemn alleged attack after Helen Haines critically injured Helen Haines, the principled MP respected across parliament Anthony Albanese has described the police interview on Tuesday with Brendan Nugent as “extensive” but that the motivation of the alleged “violent” attack against Helen Haines is still unknown. Certainly, it’s a reminder that the world is a more dangerous and divided.