PoliticsBrendan Nugent named as driver arrested over alleged attack on Helen Haines

Guardian Australia identified Brendan Nugent, 43, as the man accused of attacking Helen Haines. Police allege the Tarrawingee man, who was driving a Toyota LandCruiser, was arrested at the scene in Wangaratta. Nugent has long campaigned on forestry issues; environmental campaigners who worked with him expressed shock at his arrest.

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