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Independent MP Helen Haines was critically injured Monday afternoon when a white Toyota LandCruiser struck her outside her electorate office, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called it “a deliberate act.” Victoria Police arrested a 43-year-old man from Tarrawingee and said they found a knife in the vehicle. The joint counterterrorism unit has been activated, but Albanese said it is too early to give a motive. Haines was flown to The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.

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