Law enforcement has long feared an act of political violence like the attack that seriously injured Indi MP Helen Haines this week.
AFP commissioner Krissy Barrett has spoken of long-standing worry that a terrible event like the one that transpired when a 43-year-old man used his Land Cruiser to strike MP Helen Haines, causing serious injury, this week.
Haines, who was first elected to the federal parliament as an Independent MP in 2019, was injured when the man’s vehicle rammed her outside her electorate office in Wangaratta.
After being flown to Melbourne for surgery, Haines had both legs amputated and is now in a stable condition.