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• Young voters share how Helen Haines has shaped their lives

  23-10-2026 20:59 via ABC News
  
  'No matter if you disagree, you've still got to respect each other', young artist says.
  
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• How Helen Haines gave a queer student artist hope

  23-10-2026 20:59 via ABC News
  
  'No matter if you disagree, you've still got to respect each other', young artist says.
  
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• If Pauline Hanson can wise up, surely everyone else can too

  23-10-2026 20:00 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  Every one of us can and should act. We share the pleasures and the pains of the same country. We can all contribute to improving it in this dire moment.
  
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• Dezi Freeman and Helen Haines’ alleged attacker needed mental health help before attacks. None came

  23-10-2026 20:00 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  After attacks on police and now an MP, Victoria’s Alpine region is reeling as researchers warn of a dangerous vacuum of mental health services.
  
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• Anthony Albanese must call Angus Taylor stat, and here’s what he must say

  23-10-2026 20:00 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  Every one of us can and should act. We share the pleasures and the pains of the same country. We can all contribute to improving it in this dire moment.
  
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• Landry bows out, setting up Canavan showdown with One Nation in Capricornia

  23-10-2026 07:04 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  The seat is expected to be hotly contested by One Nation, potentially by the party’s national director James Ashby.
  
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• MP always on guard after death threats made her feel 'physically sick'

  23-10-2026 06:19 via ABC News
  
  In the wake of the attack on Helen Haines, several NSW politicians speak about being subjected to threats of violence.
  
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• Forum offers peek behind political curtain ahead of election

  23-10-2026 04:58 via ABC News
  
  "How much influence do staffers have?" and "Why don't politicians show their personality more?" were among the questions on Victorian voters' minds at a recent election discussion.
  
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• WA police chief says no concerns reported before alleged WA MP threats

  23-10-2026 04:41 via ABC News
  
  A man who allegedly threatened staff at Hannah Beazley's electorate office was known to police, the commissioner reveals, as he urges politicians not to retreat from their communities.
  
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• Israelis are heading to the polls in their most seismic election in decades

  23-10-2026 04:34 via ABC News
  
  Here's a breakdown of Israel's upcoming general election and its complicated coalition structures.
  
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• Albanese granted Greens 15 staff just before party blocked inquiry into PM’s powers

  23-10-2026 03:01 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has accused the prime minister of playing “political games” with his ability to allocate staffing.
  
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• Haines pursues a political experiment – that decent people can disagree. Has this attack changed that?

  23-10-2026 02:56 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  If someone like Helen Haines could be attacked, who was safe? As the severity of her injuries became clear, the mood in Canberra shifted from shock to something darker.
  
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• Haines pursues a political experiment - that decent people can disagree. Has this attack changed that?

  23-10-2026 02:56 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  If someone like Helen Haines could be attacked, who was safe? As the severity of her injuries became clear, the mood in Canberra shifted from shock to something darker.
  
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• What do Jacqui Lambie, Helen Haines and Queen Victoria have in common? Far too much

  23-10-2026 02:30 via Sydney Morning Herald - Politics / Federal
  
  We like to blame modern times and modern platforms, but answers, too, can be found in our long history of insisting that women quietly endure.
  
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• Family rift among lines of inquiry for police investigating Brendan Nugent

  23-10-2026 01:38 via ABC News
  
  Victoria's police commissioner said the 42-year-old's family had been "very, very helpful" to the ongoing investigation into Monday's attack on Helen Haines.
  
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• Breaking: Family rift among lines of inquiry for police investigating Brendan Nugent

  23-10-2026 01:38 via ABC News
  
  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.
  
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