She's someone who is such a strong advocate and is widely respected right across the political spectrum because the way that she advocates is very respectful.
Prime Minister commenting on Helen Haines after the attack.
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Helen Haines is incredibly hardworking. She is fiercely intelligent, but most importantly, she’s just a thoroughly decent human being.
This wasn't an accident. There was a deliberate act, it would appear. We don't know what the motivation is.
It is too early in this investigation for me to provide you with details of what the motivation is behind this attack.
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 — that's an important part of our democracy.
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