Helen Haines live updates: PM says person in custody after alleged attack on Helen Haines; police say she is in critical condition

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Independent MP injured in an incident involving a vehicle outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, in regional Victoria.

Follow updates Independent MP Helen Haines fighting for life after incident outside Wangaratta office in regional Victoria ‘No ongoing threat to community’: Victoria police Mason tells journalists there is “nothing to indicate at this stage” that the two parties are known to each other, but police are still investigating.

I can provide some assurance to the community that we certainly do not have any intelligence that there is any further or ongoing threat to any other person or the broader community.

We are treating this as an isolated incident at this point in time.

We’ve still got a lot to work through here.

As you can imagine, it’s been quite dynamic this afternoon.

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