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Queensland's premier has described a drive by shooting south of Brisbane which has injured four people, including one critically, as completely unacceptable.The first passenger flight from the new Western Sydney...

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The condition of Federal Independent MP Helen Haines has improved, five days after she was struck by a car in what police allege was a deliberate attack. 65-year-old Ms Haines was critically injured and has lost both of...

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People across Australia are being asked to light a candle for independent MP Helen Haines at 8pm AEDT tonight. Ms Haines remains in a critical condition in hospital after being attacked in North East Victoria earlier...

Oil prices have jumped to a five month high as conflict continues across the Middle East and it looms as a fresh blow for motorists. A Labor frontbencher has declined to say whether she thinks Snowy 2.0 is good value...

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People in Wangaratta are gathering outside Helen Haines' electorate office to show their support for the independent MP, who's in a critical condition in hospital. War crimes charges have been laid against Victoria...

Independent MP Helen Haines remains in a critical condition as her supporters hold a vigil.  WA politician Hannah Beazley says her staff have been left shaken by a man with nunchucks who allegedly made verbal...

Youth deradicalisation experts, the AFP and ASIO are calling for a societal approach to tackling rising threats, as the AFP warned of a 'tsunami' of youth crime hitting the country, due to rapid online radicalisation...

The man accused of seriously injuring federal MP Helen Haines outside her office has faced court in regional Victoria. Brendan Nugent's lawyer told the Wangaratta Magistrates Court his client suffers from a rare...

Police have charged Brendan Nugent over the violent attack on North East Victorian Federal MP Helen Haines. Doctors are fighting to save Dr Haines' remaining leg, having amputated the other. Australia's domestic...

The man charged over the attack that critically injured independent MP Helen Haines has links to environmental activism, and those who knew him are now grappling with what happened. Politicians from across the spectrum...

Australians, especially those in north east Victoria, are expressing shock as police continue to investigate a car attack on federal independent MP Helen Haines.  A local barber is being hailed as a hero and good...

Indi MP Helen Haines is in a critical condition in a Melbourne hospital after being "attacked" near her electorate office in Wangaratta, north-east Victoria. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is leading cross-party...