Albo spread online hate about Helen Haines before she was struck:
https://www.news.com.au/national/pm-dodges-question-on-helen-haines-dirt-sheet-c...PM dodges question on Helen Haines ‘dirt sheet’ circulated weeks before she was allegedly attacked
Anthony Albanese has declined to explain a “dirt sheet” that his office circulated about Helen Haines weeks before she was allegedly attacked.
Harrison Christian
4 min read
October 21, 2026 - 1:32PM
Anthony Albanese has declined to explain a “dirt sheet” circulated by his office about independent MP Helen Haines just weeks before she was allegedly attacked.
The document about Dr Haines was sent from the Prime Minister’s Office to select parliamentary journalists and raised questions about her connections to recipients of government funding, according to The Daily Mail.
News24.com.au also obtained the document and published it online.
It suggested lines of inquiry for journalists, including whether she had received gifts, held business interests or had links to organisations seeking government funding, without offering evidence of any wrongdoing.
It was sent out after Dr Haines had criticised a $6 million grant
allocated to the Prime Minister’s local golf course.
Asked by News24.com.au about the document on Wednesday, Mr Albanese did not deny his office created the document — but he also didn’t apologise or explain further.
Australia's eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, should prosecute Albo.