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DEVELOPING · 19 OCT → 29 OCT 2026 · 11 EDITIONS · 62 OUTLETS

Australian MP Helen Haines loses both legs after alleged targeted car attack

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 31 62 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 19 Oct 12:20 UTC · Australian MP Helen Haines critically injured in suspected vehicle attack 19 Oct 13:35 UTC · Australian MP Helen Haines critically injured in suspected vehicle attack 20 Oct 00:12 UTC · Australian MP Helen Haines critically injured in alleged vehicle attack 20 Oct 06:10 UTC · Australian MP Helen Haines critically injured in alleged car attack 20 Oct 12:10 UTC · Man charged over alleged targeted car attack on Australian MP Helen Haines 21 Oct 12:10 UTC · Australian MP Helen Haines loses both legs after alleged targeted car attack 21 Oct 18:14 UTC · Australian MP Helen Haines loses both legs after alleged targeted car attack 22 Oct 00:11 UTC · Australian MP Helen Haines loses both legs after alleged targeted car attack

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 5 HEADLINES

  1. 19 Oct, 12:20 UTC

    Australian MP Helen Haines critically injured in suspected vehicle attack

  2. 20 Oct, 00:12 UTC

    Australian MP Helen Haines critically injured in alleged vehicle attack

  3. 20 Oct, 06:10 UTC

    Australian MP Helen Haines critically injured in alleged car attack

  4. 20 Oct, 12:10 UTC

    Man charged over alleged targeted car attack on Australian MP Helen Haines

  5. 21 Oct, 12:10 UTC

    Australian MP Helen Haines loses both legs after alleged targeted car attack

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Brendan Nugent · 4 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Phil Haines · from 21 Oct 06:15, 4 outlets
  • 40 years three · from 21 Oct 06:15, 2 outlets
  • Sam Mostyn · from 21 Oct 06:15, 2 outlets