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What happened inside court for man charged with Australian MP attack

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What happened inside court for man charged with Australian MP attack. (2026, October 21). BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cq398rg0lnd1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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Katy Watson, a BBC correspondent in Australia, reported on the court appearance of 43-year-old Brendan Nugent at Wangaratta courthouse on Wednesday. Nugent was charged with attacking Helen Haines. The article focuses on describing the proceedings during Nugent's first court hearing.

Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-21, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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