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• Deeply appalled’: politicians condemn alleged attack after Helen Haines critically injured

• Helen Haines, the principled MP respected across parliament

Helen Haines’ alleged attacker, Brendan Nugent, has been charged with dangerous driving causing serious injury, intentionally cause serious injury and the commonwealth offence of causing harm to a commonwealth public official.

He was held overnight to appear at Wangaratta magistrates court this morning at 9.30am, Victoria police confirmed in a statement, adding that it would be alleged the attack was targeted.