Helen Haines attack live updates: Indi MP’s condition remains critical after losing leg with surgeons trying to save other; Brendan Nugent facing three charges over alleged ‘intentional’ attack

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What we know today

By Emily Kaine

Hello and welcome back to our live coverage of Australia’s response to the attack on independent MP Helen Haines in Wangaratta on Monday afternoon. Here’s what we know today.

• Helen Haines’ alleged attacker Brendan Nugent has been charged with three offences as the independent MP continues to fight for her life in hospital following what has been labelled by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as a deliberate attack.
• Victorian Chief Commissioner Mike Bush said this morning police were not ruling out further “serious” charges against Nugent as the investigation continues.
• The member for Indi underwent emergency surgery. She lost a leg and surgeons are trying to save the other.
• More details emerged yesterday about Nugent’s background. The 43-year-old clashed with neighbours in the nearby town of Tarrawingee, and local officers had visited his property over their complaints in the months before the attack.
• Nugent’s family released a statement yesterday saying they were devastated by the attack on Haines, whom they described as their “close friend of more than 20 years”.