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21 October 2026

Helen Haines has lost both legs after Monday’s alleged attack but ‘her heart and mind in good shape’, husband says

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Source reporting: Guardian Australia Politics

Helen Haines has lost both legs after Monday’s alleged attack but ‘her heart and mind in good shape’, husband says

Haines remains in stable condition. Surgeons tried to save her right leg, but both have now been amputated due to her injuries Independent MP Helen Haines has lost both legs but remains in a stable condition, two days after an alleged targeted attack near her electorate office in north-east Victoria. Haines, the federal MP for Indi, had been in a critical but stable condition after the incident in Wangaratta on Monday afternoon. Surgeons were trying to save her right leg on Tuesday, but both had to be amputated due to the seriousness of her injuries.

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