# Australian MP seriously injured in ‘deliberate’ car attack: What we know

https://mins.news/en/item/107229

- BBC Chinese, 2026-10-20 03:13 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/cw5yngleml15o/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Independent Australian MP Helen Haines was seriously injured when a car hit her outside her electorate office in Wangaratta. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called it a “deliberate act”; police said the driver was a 43-year-old man.

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