Haines remains in critical condition
ABC Pacific reported that Haines remained critically ill three days after the alleged attack. An Associated Press report carried by WTOP said a man had repeatedly struck the legislator with a car. Floral tributes continued to accumulate outside Haines’s office in Wangaratta, where local and interstate visitors had gathered.
Separate threat against lawmaker’s staff
In a separate case, police said on Thursday that a man had been charged with threatening another female lawmaker’s staff with nunchucks, according to the Associated Press report. The two incidents have heightened concerns about the safety of women serving in Australian politics, although the available accounts do not state that the cases were connected.