The man is due to appear in court in Wangaratta on Wednesday, with the charges carrying a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. (EPA Images pic) MELBOURNE: Australian police charged a man on Tuesday over what they alleged was a “targeted” attack with a vehicle on independent lawmaker Helen Haines.»»»

World World Australian barber Ricky Jefferies said he ran to assist lawmaker Helen Haines, grabbing a knife from the alleged attacker's pocket and pulling him out of the car. Barber Ricky Jefferies speaks to the media a day after tackling a man who attacked Australian politician Helen Haines in the»»»

SYDNEY – Australian barber Ricky Jefferies has been hailed as a hero for running out of his store to detain a man who the authorities allege deliberately drove a car into lawmaker Helen Haines in the small town of Wangaratta, an . Jefferies had just finished haircuts for a young family on Oct 19 wh»»»

The motive behind the attack remains unclear, with Albanese urging people not to speculate An Australian lawmaker was allegedly hit twice by a driver who made a U-turn before returning to ram into her outside her electoral office, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has said, as Prime Minister Anthony»»»

When I graduated from high school more than 25 years ago, I received a phone call. I hadn’t met the caller, but they knew of me. They informed me that, according to their records, I was one of only 50 Indigenous students to successfully complete secondary school in the states of South Australia and»»»

Independent federal MP Helen Haines remains fighting for life after being struck by a car in a targeted attack outside her electorate office on Monday afternoon, prompting an investigation by counter-terrorism authorities. The 65-year-old mother of three was rushed to hospital with 'critical injuri»»»

An independent Australian lawmaker is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle outside her office in rural Victoria on Monday in what authorities describe as a suspected attack. The lawmaker, Helen Haines, 65, was injured in a “serious” incident, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in»»»

Lawmaker was struck by a car outside her office in what Prime Minister ⁠Anthony Albanese called a ‘deliberate act’. An Australian independent lawmaker Helen Haines is in critical condition after ⁠being struck by a car outside her office in Wangaratta, in what Prime Minister ⁠Anthony Albanese called»»»

Dr Helen Haines, the popular independent MP for Indi, was hit by a car on Monday in what prime minister Anthony Albanese described as an “attack” and a “deliberate act”. The incident has sent shockwaves through federal politics, with the bombshell of the apparent attack – of a type not seen in Aust»»»

Australian MP Helen Haines was critically injured in an alleged car attack outside her Wangaratta office in Victoria, with a 43-year-old man arrested. 0 Australian independent Member of Parliament (MP), Helen Haines, has reportedly suffered critical injuries in an assault via car attack at the door»»»

The 43-year-old male driver was detained by civilians, Mason said, and then arrested by police, who found a knife in his car. Australian independent lawmaker Helen Haines was deliberately struck by a car and suffered "critical injuries" on Monday in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described as»»»

SYDNEY, Oct 19 — Australian independent lawmaker Helen Haines was deliberately struck by a car today and suffered “critical injuries”, authorities said, in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described as an attack. Haines was hit outside her office in Wangaratta, just over 200km north-west of Mel»»»

Australian lawmaker Helen Haines was in a critical condition on Monday after being deliberately struck by a car outside her office in Wangaratta, police and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. Victoria Police said a 43-year-old man had been arrested after the attack on independent MP Haines inWan»»»