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Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP     (helen-haines-mp-alleged-attack-wangaratta-surgery-ntwnfb.html#img-1)   View image in fullscreen       The independent member for Indi, Helen Haines, remains in hospital after being struck by a car in her electorate in northern Victoria. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP       (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/helen-haines) Helen Haines     Helen Haines loses leg as surgeons fight to save the other after alleged attack in Wangaratta   Independent MP is in critical yet stable condition after man allegedly did U-turn to strike her twice with his car (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/20/brendan-nugent-driver-alleged-attack-helen-haines-ntwnfb) Brendan Nugent’s family say Helen Haines has been their friend for more than 20 years   (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/20/i-dont-want-to-be-known-as-a-hero-barber-who-rushed-to-help-helen-haines-praised-by-pm-ntwnfb) ‘I don’t want to be known as a hero’: barber who rushed to help Helen Haines praised by PM   Get our (https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl) new political email , (https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3) free app or (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl) daily news podcast            (https://www.theguardian.com/profile/tess-ikonomou) Tess Ikonomou and  (https://www.theguardian.com/profile/tom-mcilroy) Tom McIlroy   Tue 20 Oct 2026 06.37 EDT  First published on Mon 19 Oct 2026 19.24 EDT   (mailto:?subject=Helen Haines loses leg as surgeons fight to save the other after alleged attack in Wangaratta&body=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/20/helen-haines-mp-alleged-attack-wangaratta-surgery-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url) Share          (https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=theguardian.com) Prefer the Guardian on Google          The man accused of attacking (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/helen-haines) Helen Haines allegedly made a U-turn before ramming the independent MP twice in an alleged targeted attack near her electorate office, causing her to lose one of her legs. The member for Indi was airlifted from Wangaratta in northern (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/victoria) Victoria to Melbourne’s Alfred hospital for emergency surgery on Monday night.  Surgeons were on Tuesday fighting to save Haines’ other leg, as the 65-year-old remained in a critical condition. (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/20/brendan-nugent-driver-alleged-attack-helen-haines-ntwnfb)  Brendan Nugent’s family say Helen Haines has been their friend for more than 20 years      Read more        A 43-year-old Tarrawingee man alleged to have driven the Toyota LandCruiser was arrested at the scene. The alleged attacker is (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/20/brendan-nugent-driver-alleged-attack-helen-haines-ntwnfb) Brendan Nugent , Guardian Australia has confirmed. Nugent was charged on Tuesday night with dangerous driving causing serious injury, intentionally cause serious injury and the Commonwealth offence of causing harm to a Commonwealth public official.   Victoria police confirmed in a statement that they would allege the attack was targeted. Nugent is expected to appear at Wangaratta magistrates court on Wednesday.           (Australian MP Helen Haines attacked with car: what we know so far - The Latest)     9:41                   Australian MP Helen Haines attacked with car: what we know so far - The Latest     Nugent’s father, Rod Nugent, and Rod’s partner, Christine Cunningham, said in a statement that Haines had been their friend for more than 20 years. “What happened to her yesterday is devastating and unfathomable,” they said. “We will be assisting Victoria Police in any way we can.” Anthony Albanese confirmed authorities believed the attack was deliberate. “Helen Haines represents the best of our political representatives,” the prime minister said on Tuesday afternoon. “Kind, compassionate, a person of integrity, totally committed to strongly representing the people of that beautiful part of Victoria.”  (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/28/politics-really-newsletter-guardian-australia-free-best-daily-auspol-email-subscribe?CMP=copyembed) Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here   The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, said witnesses alleged the driver completed a U-turn before the incident. “What witnesses have described is the driver doing a U-turn to get into the car park and to ram Helen against a vehicle, then to reverse and do it a second time,” he told ABC radio. “A bystander ran towards the scene, got the driver out of the vehicle and held the driver until police arrived.”   (https://interactive.guim.co.uk/uploader/embed/2026/10/archive-zip/giv-32554VU4ygQwbI0S1/) 3D map showing the location of helen haines office in wangaratta and the sequence of events   Ricky Jefferies, whose barbershop is next door to Haines’ office, (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/20/i-dont-want-to-be-known-as-a-hero-barber-who-rushed-to-help-helen-haines-praised-by-pm-ntwnfb) ran from his shop to help after hearing the crash. “I had no choice but to take him out of the car because it was the right and safest thing to do,” he told reporters on Tuesday morning. Jefferies, who returned to work on Tuesday morning, alleged the driver had a knife on him. “He didn’t pull it out … I basically just took it out of his pocket and threw it away.” (helen-haines-mp-alleged-attack-wangaratta-surgery-ntwnfb.html#EmailSignup-skip-link-21) skip past newsletter promotion     Free newsletter | Every weekday    Sign up to Politics, really  Our political team brings you up to speed on the stories that really matter and what they mean for you  ()   Enter your email  ()   Sign up      after newsletter promotion         (Barber Ricky Jefferies speaks to the media outside his Wangaratta barbershop, next door to Helen Haines’ constituency office)   (helen-haines-mp-alleged-attack-wangaratta-surgery-ntwnfb.html#img-2)   View image in fullscreen       Ricky Jefferies speaks to media outside his Wangaratta barbershop, next door to Haines’ office. Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images  Burke said: “I think every Australian is grateful for those moments when a hero like this runs towards the most dangerous place.” The home affairs minister said the nation’s security agencies and police would be working through what more could have been done to prevent the alleged attack and to help keep others safe. On Monday, Burke reported that there had been 1,067 reports of harassment or threats against high office holders in Australia in the last financial year, an increase from 951 the year before. “We already knew that we needed to do more to be able to keep people in public office safe and we have been,” he said. “While we don’t make public the dollar figures and the exact provision of security for obvious reasons … we had a very significant uplift in the budget. “There is a direct line between the temperature of debate and things willing people will say, and then when people are willing to take action.”       (A woman places flowers outside Haines’ office in Wangaratta)   (helen-haines-mp-alleged-attack-wangaratta-surgery-ntwnfb.html#img-3)   View image in fullscreen       A woman places flowers outside Haines’ office in Wangaratta. Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images  Albanese has been joined by leaders and parliamentarians from across the country in calling for a calming of political discourse. (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/20/helen-haines-was-chatting-with-locals-at-a-dog-park-on-monday-morning-by-the-afternoon-she-was-fighting-for-her-life-ntwnfb)  Helen Haines was chatting with locals at a dog park on Monday morning. By the afternoon, she was fighting for her life     Read more        The mayor of Wangaratta, Irene Grant, expressed gratitude to Jefferies for stepping in to stop the man. “I spoke to the barber this morning and he just shrugged his shoulders. He seemed to just take it in his stride. This was something that he had to do and he did it,” she said. “He was extraordinarily modest about the very brave action that he took yesterday … he did an amazing job.”       (The Alfred hospital in Melbourne)   (helen-haines-mp-alleged-attack-wangaratta-surgery-ntwnfb.html#img-4)   View image in fullscreen       Haines was airlifted to the Alfred hospital in Melbourne for treatment for critical injuries. Photograph: Martin Keep/AFP/Getty Images  Wangaratta, the rural city in which the incident occurred, is a tightknit community in north-east Victoria. At the last census it had a population of about 20,000 people, while the broader local government area had just under 30,000. Haines was elected to federal parliament in 2019 and has been key to the establishment of the (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/national-anti-corruption-commission) National Anti-Corruption Commission , as well as campaigning for rural health services, telecommunications access and pushing back on misuse of taxpayer funds, or (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2022/aug/08/pork-barrelling-what-is-it-and-why-is-it-a-problem-news-glossary-video) pork barrelling .         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