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The sister of murdered UK MP Jo Cox has said the attack on MP Dr Helen Haines could be a moment for Australia to “find common ground” and change the way politics is practised in this country.
Cox was killed in 2016, shot and stabbed by a far-right extremist outside a library as she prepared to meet with constituents.
That was something my sister was brilliant at and I would imagine it’s something Helen is good at.
I am devastated for Helen and for her family, her friends, her colleagues, her staff, that I am probably one of the few people, I suppose, that can understand a little bit of what they’re going through.
I find it really frustrating that we’re having the same conversation and every time something so horrific happens.
Things don’t happen in a vacuum and horrendous attacks and incidents like this don’t happen in isolation.
They are part of a wider culture around politics and society [and] we all have a role to play in that.
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