Australian Lawmaker Helen Haines Critically Injured After Deliberate Car Attack Outside Office

Going to leave you now as we cross to Sydney where the Prime Minister is about to speak. Let's listen in. Serious incident that has occurred in Victoria. This afternoon, Helen Haynes, the member for Indi, was attacked outside her electorate office in Wangaratta. All of our thoughts are with Helen, her family, her friends, her team and her community at this extremely difficult time. We are praying for her full recovery. I want to thank the first responders for their extraordinary work. There is a major police investigation underway and I can confirm that a suspect is in custody. The Australian Federal Police, Victorian Police and ASIO are working together on this. The Joint Counter Terrorism Team has been activated but the motive is not known. It is too early in this investigation for me to provide you with details of what the motivation is behind this attack. My thoughts are also with those there who were there in Wangaratta today and Helen's community more broadly. Helen Haines is incredibly hard working. She is fiercely intelligent, but most importantly, she's just thoroughly decent human being. full of integrity and respected right across the Parliament and from everyone who comes into contact with her. She is a well-loved member of her community and this will come as an incredible shock to that community. Our thoughts remain with Helen Haines at this very difficult time. Look, we have made a range of comments that I have made. go look up the interviews in which I've done and call for the temperature to be turned down when it comes to political discourse. It is too early, though, to speculate on motivation and we won't be doing so. We'll allow the authorities to do their work. So what are security measures, if any, to be afforded ahead of this attack by Parliament? We organise security arrangements based upon the threat levels which are there. But as Minister Burke has said, and as you would be aware, and anyone who looks at comments made and directed towards members of Parliament and high office holders, there is increased heightened risk has occurred. But our thoughts are just very much with Helen, her family, her community at this time. Thanks very much.