# Australia: Motive still unclear in attack on MP Helen Haines

An episode of [Nine To Noon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/174829950), 20 Oct 2026, 9:30.

Audio: https://flex.acast.com/podcast.radionz.co.nz/ntn/ntn-20261021-0945-australia_motive_still_unclear_in_attack_on_mp_helen_haines-128.mp3

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton has the latest in the shocking attack on MP Helen Haines in which she was rammed with a car and has had to have her leg amputated. Pauline Hanson's delivered a rare apology for a cartoon that ran as part of her 'Please Explain' series that mocked the vaginal prolapse suffered by Jacqui Lambie due to injuries sustained when she served in the Defence Force. National Australia Bank is sacking 1500 staff right before Christmas and another 1000 in the New Year, and a human resources exec's admission during a Bupa conference that she was prone to shoplifting has led to her resignation. Karen Middleton is a political correspondent based in Canberra

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