Independent federal MP Helen Haines remains in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, Victoria. Forty-three-year-old Brendan Nugent from Tarrawingee, near Wangaratta, has reportedly been arrested in relation to the incident.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described what happened as a deliberate targeted act, and the joint counter-terrorism team has been activated. But investigators have stressed the motive remains unknown.