The AFP, Victoria Police, and ASIO are investigating a suspected car ramming targeting an Independent MP outside her electorate office.
Stunned political leaders say a security shake-up is inevitable after an attack on Helen Haines left the independent MP fighting for her life.
A 43-year-old man is in custody and counter-terrorism authorities are investigating after Haines was struck by a car outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, in Victoria’s north.
A knife was seized from inside the man’s Toyota LandCruiser after a bystander performed a citizen’s arrest.
Authorities had not yet determined a motive for the attack or established whether the suspect, from the nearby town of Tarrawingee, is known to Haines.