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

https://mins.news/en/item/115142

- The Guardian, 2026-10-26 00:48 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/26/albanese-leads-helen-haines-tributes-as-parliament-pauses-ntwnfb

> 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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