Reality of political landscape' hits home after Haines attack | ABC NEWS

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has described the attack on Helen Haines as "sickening and devastating". "It's hard to get your head around, that life can change like that in a moment, for Helen. And to be critically injured and to be going through what she and her family are going through today as a consequence of her work, and her job standing up for her electorate, is just absolutely devastating," she tells ABC's Afternoon Briefing. The Labor frontbencher says she has been speaking with a number of female colleagues today as MPs try to wrap their heads around the incident. She says a number are scared and "I don't think we should pretend o (Source: ABC News (Australia) | Region: Sydney, Australia)