Australian lawmaker struck by SUV in what prime minister called a ‘deliberate act’

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An Australian lawmaker was struck by an SUV on Monday and hospitalized after what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called a “deliberate act.”

Helen Haines, a 65-year-old independent federal legislator, was hit by a Toyota Land Cruiser outside of her office in Wangaratta, Victoria, police said on Monday. The incident unfolded near Haines’s electoral district office.

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