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Kristina Murphy, Professor and former ARC Future Fellow, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University

Anti-government violence is growing. The response needs to be more than just increased policing

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.

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