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<\/p>\nFederal MP Helen Haines is in a stable condition in hospital, more than two weeks after she was critically injured when she was struck by a car outside her electorate office in Victoria’s north-east.<\/p>\n
Ms Haines was flown to hospital in Melbourne after the alleged attack in Wangaratta on October 19.<\/p>\n
The 65-year-old was unloading the boot of her car after attending an event in Mansfield when she was struck and pinned between two vehicles.<\/p>\n
As a result of the independent MP’s injuries, both of her legs were amputated in hospital.<\/p>\n
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Floral tributes grew at Helen Haines’ Wangaratta office in the days after she was allegedly attacked.\u00a0 (ABC News: Annie Brown\u00a0)<\/p>\n
The Alfred Hospital said in a statement this afternoon that Ms Haines’s condition was now “stable”.<\/p>\n
She had been in a “serious but stable” condition since October 23<\/a>, when she was downgraded by her medical team from a critical condition.<\/p>\n The hospital said Ms Haines’ family would not be making any statements to the media.<\/p>\n Brendan Nugent, 43, has been charged with dangerous driving causing serious injury, intentionally causing serious injury and the federal offence of causing harm to a Commonwealth public official over the incident.<\/p>\n He made a brief appearance in court in the days after the alleged attack<\/a> and was remanded in custody.<\/p>\n The court heard he had some mental health concerns, and suffered from a rare neurological condition.<\/p>\n \u00a0Mr Nugent is due to appear again in court in February.<\/p>\n Tributes poured in for the MP in the days after the alleged attack, with both locals and her colleagues in Canberra speaking of her kindness and passion for rural communities<\/a>.<\/p>\n A sea of flowers were left outside the electoral office in Wangaratta, and hundreds of thousands of dollars were donated to charity Save the Children at the request of her family.<\/p>\n Ms Haines’s husband Phil said his partner of 40 years was a fighter, with a “huge heart” and sharp intellect.<\/p>\n The incident sparked national debate about the direction of political discourse in Australia and the abuse directed at politicians.<\/p>\n