Anthony Albanese: “Helen Haines is characterized by her kindness, her compassion, her diligence, her intelligence.”

It's a reminder that the world is a more dangerous and divided place than it was a generation ago.

All of our thoughts are with Helen, her family, her friends, her team, and her community at this extremely difficult time. We are praying for her full recovery.

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.

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.