‘Like a stone in our hearts’: PM leads Helen Haines tributes as parliament pauses to praise ‘fighter’
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Anthony Albanese has led tributes to Helen Haines a week after the Indi MP was allegedly the target of an attack outside her electorate office, praising the independent as “a fighter” with a deep love of her community.
Federal parliament paused on Monday for speeches about Haines, her husband, Phil, and her staff as she remained in a serious but stable condition in Melbourne’s Alfred hospital.
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