'More and more challenging to do this job': MPs fear rising political tensions

Keane Bourke · ABC News (AU)

Published 25 Oct 2026, 1:13 pm·1 h ago·1 min read

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After the attacks on Helen Haines and the office of Hannah Beazley, lawmakers in Western Australia are growing worried about the rising political tensions, and want more ways to defuse them.

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