{"id":807518,"date":"2026-10-19T11:42:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807518\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T11:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:42:21","slug":"australian-mp-has-critical-injuries-after-being-hit-by-car-in-what-pm-calls-deliberate-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807518\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian MP has critical injuries after being hit by car in what PM calls ‘deliberate act’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Albanese seemed close to tears in TV interviewpublished at 10:12 BST<\/p>\n

10:12 BST<\/p>\n

\"\"Simon Atkinson
Australia reporter<\/p>\n

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese became emotional as he talked about Helen Haines in a live television interview on ABC’s 730.<\/p>\n

The PM appeared close to tears when he was asked whether he and his colleagues talk among themselves about the threats and risks they face.<\/p>\n

“Yes,” he replied, adding: “My concern at this point in time is for one, one of my colleagues.”<\/p>\n

He described Helen Haines as having “integrity”.<\/p>\n

“She’s someone who is very passionate about her community. She’s someone who’s not shy about coming forward, about what she thinks that community needs.”<\/p>\n

Albanese added: “I don’t want to see a political system in which you can’t have conversations with people at the supermarket, in the street, at street meetings, public forums. <\/p>\n

“That’s the important part of our democracy.<\/p>\n

“I think there has been a rise in temperature. And there has been too much shouting, not enough discourse. Not enough polite conversation and disagreement. <\/p>\n

“And in a democracy, we should be able to have discussion, political debate, put different views, but do it in a way that is respectful.”<\/p>\n

\"TheImage source, EPAImage caption, <\/p>\n

The Australian prime minister, pictured last month<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Albanese seemed close to tears in TV interviewpublished at 10:12 BST 10:12 BST Simon AtkinsonAustralia reporter Australian Prime…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-807518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}