Source: US News & World Report
“A car hit an Australian federal independent lawmaker on Monday, critically injuring her in an apparently deliberate attack, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. The driver was arrested. Helen Haines, 65, was struck by a Toyota Land Cruiser SUV outside her electoral district office midafternoon in the city of Wangaratta in Victoria state, police said. Albanese said the national counterterrorism team, incorporating police and intelligence agencies, was investigating. … Haines, who was first elected to the Parliament in 2019, was taken to a hospital with critical injuries, police said.” (10/19/26)