PoliticsParliament pauses to honor Helen Haines as Albanese calls her a ‘fighter’

Anthony Albanese led tributes to independent MP Helen Haines, who remains in serious but stable condition after allegedly being rammed outside her electorate office a week earlier. She lost both legs in the incident, and a 43-year-old man has been charged. Angus Taylor and Barnaby Joyce rejected calls to change parliamentary practice to cool political debate.

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