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A 43-year-old Tarrawingee man has been charged after MP Dr Helen Haines was struck by a vehicle in Wangaratta. Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police, Mike Bush, provides an update on October 21, 2026.

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00:00Last night, Victoria Police charged the 43-year-old man from Tarawingi that is at the centre of
00:12this, and he appears in the Wangaratta Court this morning.
00:17He will face three charges.
00:20The first is a Commonwealth charge of causing harm to a Commonwealth public official.
00:29The second two offences are state offences.
00:33The first, of intentionally causing serious harm.
00:38And the second, dangerous driving causing serious harm.
00:45The investigation led by our Special Investigation Unit, supported by our Major Collision Investigation
00:56Unit and the Joint Counter-Terrorism Task Force, which is comprised of Australian Federal Police,
01:05Victoria Police and ASIO.
01:09And I want to acknowledge our colleagues from the Australian Federal Police for their support
01:15to this investigation.
01:19And while I say this investigation is far from complete, we are not ruling out further serious charges.
01:39What can you say is the State of the State of the State of the State of the South?

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