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Brendan Nugent

  1. Follow-up: alleged Helen Haines attacker denied bail; AFP says nearly one person a week charged over threats to MPs

    Independent federal MP Helen Haines was hit by a car in Wangaratta, Victoria, on Oct 19. The Guardian reported that 43-year-old Brendan Nugent appeared in Wangaratta Magistrates' Court on Oct 21, was denied bail, and faces charges including dangerous driving causing serious injury, intentionally causing serious injury and harming a Commonwealth public official, plus cannabis possession. Haines has had one leg amputated and remains in a critical but stable condition at Melbourne's Alfred Hospital. AFP commissioner Krissy Barrett said authorities charge almost one person a week over threats to federal MPs or senior officials; ABC Australia reported threats against MPs have roughly tripled since 2020. Federal and Victoria police said they had no prior intelligence that Nugent would attack, and Victoria announced new measures to protect politicians.

    Oct 21, 2026 Afternoon
  2. Brendan Nugent, 43, charged with three offences over alleged attack on MP Helen Haines, faces Wangaratta court

    Australian federal independent MP Helen Haines was hit by a Toyota Landcruiser outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, Victoria, on Oct 19. Victoria Police said on the evening of Oct 20 that 43-year-old Tarrawingee man Brendan Nugent was charged with dangerous driving causing serious injury, intentionally causing serious injury and a federal offence of harming a Commonwealth public official, and would appear in Wangaratta Magistrates' Court on Oct 21, where police will allege a targeted attack. Haines is in a critical but stable condition at the Alfred hospital in Melbourne and has had a leg amputated; police said highway patrol officers reached the scene 8 seconds after the call, and Nugent's family said they had been friends with Haines for more than 20 years.

    Oct 21, 2026 Morning
  3. Follow-up: MP Helen Haines loses one leg after Wangaratta car attack; doctors fight to save the other

    Australian federal independent MP Helen Haines, hit by a white Toyota Landcruiser outside her electorate office on Murphy Street in Wangaratta, Victoria, on the afternoon of Oct 19, has had one leg amputated at Melbourne's Alfred Hospital; doctors are still trying to save the other, and she remains in a critical condition. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the attack 'deliberate'; Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said the car struck her twice, and federal police called it an 'isolated incident' while considering charges including harming a Commonwealth public official, which carries up to 10 years in prison. Local media named the arrested man as 43-year-old Brendan Nugent of Tarrawingee; a passer-by barber dragged him from the car and took a knife.

    Oct 20, 2026 Afternoon