Rising threats against women politicians, inflammatory rhetoric, and looming elections expose deepening concerns over political violence and parliamentary accountability.
As the year rushes towards the end, it also barrels towards what in political circles is known as the “killing season”. But who to kill?
Nobody predicted that the first real-life victim in this world of hyped-up political violence would be the well-liked independent member for Indi, Helen Haines, who, at the time of writing, was fighting for her life after being rammed repeatedly outside her electorate office by a Toyota Land Cruiser at the hands of a 43-year-old man on Monday.