Carlton Supporters Club

Quote from: DJC – on October 19, 2026, 07:56:26 pm

Independent MP Helen Haines was attacked outside her Wangaratta electorate office this afternoon.  A white 4WD did a u-turn before pinning Ms Haines against the boot of her car.  Bystanders intervened and detained the 43 year old driver of the 4WD who was apparently armed with a knife and was subsequently arrested by police. 

By all accounts, Ms Haines is a serious, decent and grounded regional MP who is genuinely admired both within and beyond her electorate and by people who wouldn't normally vote for independents.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed that counter-terrorism police are investigating the attack.

Information is still sketchy at this stage but, if the reports are accurate, it is an appalling act by a person who doesn't deserve to live in our country.

As is the usual case we need to wait for the details behind this...
Some will guess at motives, which really helps no-one at this point.
The fact that counter-terrorism police are involved probably increases speculation.

Hopefully Ms Haines recovers well, but there seemed to be a real seriousness in the tone of Albanese when he was talking about it, that suggests she's not in a good way.
I had a work colleague caught between his boot and a car crashing into the rear of his car...the 'crush' injuries were severe.

There's already too many of these Hanson types on the world stage, and they are taking an already struggling, teetering planet and making it worse. The track records of Orban, Milei, Erdoğan, Trump and others are appalling.

But I have been given assurances that if elected, she will close all borders and deport many brown people, which will see crime rates plummet to basically zero.

Independent MP Helen Haines was attacked outside her Wangaratta electorate office this afternoon.  A white 4WD did a u-turn before pinning Ms Haines against the boot of her car.  Bystanders intervened and detained the 43 year old driver of the 4WD who was apparently armed with a knife and was subsequently arrested by police. 

By all accounts, Ms Haines is a serious, decent and grounded regional MP who is genuinely admired both within and beyond her electorate and by people who wouldn't normally vote for independents.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed that counter-terrorism police are investigating the attack.

Information is still sketchy at this stage but, if the reports are accurate, it is an appalling act by a person who doesn't deserve to live in our country.

Quote from: Baggers – on October 19, 2026, 04:55:08 pm

You're a funny one, MBB. Though it is important for malcontents to have their representatives. Better to have them in full view and out in the open  

Baggers her popularity has skyrocketed on the back of people being sick and tired of the inept current mob that have ran us to the ground.

Like her or despise her she doesn't back down and is not afraid of the backlash on tough policies that benefit all Australians even if she is labelled a racist.

Her policies on tough border control has been a major positive and a hell of a lot on non pauline likers have gotten on board. People are afraid, afraid of the crime and the state of whats happening in other Christian countries where Mass immigration was allowed is only supporting her push in popularity. 

Then you have the state of our health system, the roads, essential services, serious crime and the cost of living - none are where they should be and the current debt levels will soon have to be subsidized federally as the hole old mate and his pals left is bigger then any can get out of without help. 

Change must come.    

Geez i miss EB posts on this sort of stuff - i really do

Quote from: shawny – on October 19, 2026, 05:30:55 pm

Baggers her popularity has skyrocketed on the back of people being sick and tired of the inept current mob that have ran us to the ground.

With who @shawny, they seem to me to be such a small minority making the majority of the noise!

Quote from: Lods – on October 19, 2026, 05:41:08 pm

You're all wrong.

Like the Democrats, keeping the bastards honest!

I recall the lines becoming very blurred around socialist, conservative and anti-communist policy, which I think gave birth to the DLP out of ALP roots. I did learn a bit about this at school, but that's a long long time ago!

Did we have some recent invocations of the DLP allegory that turned out to be veiled fundamentalist Christianity, all linked to more radical conservatism?