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#BREAKING Helen Haines now serious but stable in hospital following alleged attack ab.co/4iejUnV
#BREAKING: Israel has ordered its soldiers to prepare for a full closure of the West Bank following a deadly shooting in the occupied territory. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-23/i…
#BREAKING: Former Bachelor Sam Wood has lost his first bid to block media from seeing court files relating to his domestic violence bail proceedings. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-23/q…
#BREAKING: The looming rape trial of former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann has been postponed amid a bitter courtroom clash between lawyers. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-23/b…
#BREAKING: Capricornia MP Michelle Landry has announced she will retire from federal politics at the next election. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-23/m…
#BREAKING: Victoria's police commissioner said the 42-year-old's family had been "very, very helpful" to theongoing investigation into Monday's attack on Helen Haines. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-23/h…
#BREAKING: A 21-year-old man has been shot by police during an alleged domestic violence-related incident in Sydney's south-west. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-22/n…
#BREAKING: ABC reporter Will Murray and another man swam out to the car and pulled the driver out of the vehicle. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-22/q…
#BREAKING: A 56-year-old man is due to face court after he allegedly wielded a pair of nunchucks and made threats at Hannah Beazley's electoral office in Perth. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-22/m…
#BREAKING: Police have arrested a man after he reportedly made verbal threats while armed with "nunchucks" at state MP Hannah Beazley's electoral office in the inner-city Perth suburb of Victoria Park. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-21/m…
#BREAKING: Independent MP Helen Haines has lost both her legs due to Monday's car attack, her husband Phil has confirmed. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-21/h…
#BREAKING: The 43-year-old charged with three offences over the alleged attack on independent MP for Indi Helen Haines has appeared in Wangaratta Magistrates' Court. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-21/b…
#BREAKING: The Victoria Police and AFP commissioners say they haven't ruled out laying further charges against Brendan Nugent over his alleged attack on Indi MP Helen Haines. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-21/v…
#BREAKING: Victoria Police have laid three charges against 43-year-old Brendan Nugent after he allegedly struck independent MP Helen Haines with his car on Monday. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-20/b…
#BREAKING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the image of an Indigenous person who has died, used with the permission of her family. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-20/k…
#BREAKING: The ABC has confirmed that Indi MP Helen Haines has lost a leg after being pinned between two cars outside her electorate office in Victoria's north east yesterday afternoon.
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#BREAKING: The man arrested after the attack on Independent MP Helen Haines can be revealed as Brendan Nugent. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-20/l…
#BREAKING: NAB plans to slash about 6pc of its workforce. On Wall Street, Nasdaq leaps +1% as Wall Street fights "tech bubble" chat. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-20/a…
#BREAKING: Independent MP Helen Haines has been injured in an incident near her Wangaratta office in regional Victoria. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-19/h…
#BREAKING: Three men have been sentenced to 158 years and nine months in prison each for the killing of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their friend Carter Rhoad while they were camping in Mexico in 2024. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-17/j…