The Helen Haines attack: Why ‘we have no right to be surprised’

Podcast: 7am · Solstice Media

Opublikowano: 2026-10-20

Yesterday afternoon Independent MP Helen Haines was returning to her electorate office in the regional Victorian town of Wangaratta, when she was struck by a white Toyota LandCruiser. Witnesses described seeing the car make a u-turn, and then ram Haines against a vehicle, before reversing and hitting her a second time. A local barbershop owner ran to the driver’s side of the vehicle, removed a knife from the man’s pocket, and wrestled him to the ground. The alleged attacker, who has now been identified as 43 year old Tarrawingee man Brendan Nugent, was th...