Radio National Breakfast

How are representatives across the political spectrum digesting news of an attack on an Australian politician?
Today's episode of the Breakfast Wrap hears from the bystander who intervened in Wangaratta, the town's Mayor, as well as independent federal politicians, the government and the opposition, the House Speaker and historical context from Michelle Grattan.

Abraham Kuol was just six when he arrived in Australia with his family on a humanitarian visa, a long way from the refugee camp in Kenya where he spent the first years of his life.

Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie says that Dr Helen Haines ia an "absolute treasure" and the attack on her is "beyond horrid."

An estimated 1,500 shops and businesses have been looted and destroyed - and thousands of people arrested.

Monique Ryan says the attack is the "worst possible thing to happen to the best possible person."