旺加拉塔本周被推上了不受欢迎的聚光灯下。这座维多利亚州乡镇的居民习惯了接待途经此地前往地区酒庄的游客，或是前来参加一年一度的爵士与蓝调音乐节的乐迷。
Wangaratta has been thrust into an unwelcome spotlight this week. Residents in this rural Victorian town are used to catering to tourists passing through on their way to regional wineries, or music lovers visiting its annual jazz and blues festival.
如今，当地人却要应付源源不断的关于他们联邦议员的提问，并不得不向陌生人解释这一切对这座近3万人口小镇意味着什么。
Instead, locals are fielding endless questions about their MP - and having to explain to strangers what it all means for the town's nearly 30,000 people.
警方称，周一下午，独立联邦议员海伦·海恩斯在其办公室外被一辆汽车撞击，这是一起有针对性、蓄意的袭击。当地人显然对此感到震惊。
“人们简直目瞪口呆，很难理解这场悲剧的严重性，”代表查尔斯三世的澳大利亚总督萨姆·莫斯廷周三在新闻发布会上表示。
They are clearly in shock about what police say was a targeted and deliberate attack on Helen Haines on Monday afternoon, when she was struck by a car just outside her office. "People are simply dumbfounded and finding it very hard to fathom the scale of this tragedy," Australia's Governor-General Sam Mostyn, who represents King Charles, said at a press conference on Wednesday.
这位独立联邦议员被直升机送往墨尔本后，不得不接受双腿截肢手术。但她丈夫菲尔·海恩斯表示，海恩斯“最重要的两个部分”——她的心和她的脑子——情况“良好”。
The independent federal MP had to have both legs amputated after she was airlifted to Melbourne. But the "two most important parts of Helen", her heart and her mind, were in "good shape", her husband Phil Haines said.
当地人告诉BBC，这位议员并非一个有争议的人物，没人能理解她为何会成为被指控的袭击目标。
The MP isn't a divisive figure, locals tell the BBC, and no one can understand why she was allegedly targeted.
“每个人都认识海伦，”简·希尔说，她在小镇主街上经营一家派对用品店，距离海恩斯遇袭地点仅几百米。
"Everyone knows Helen," says Jane Hill, who owns a party supply shop a few hundred metres down the town's main street from where Haines was hit.
“她是我们社区里这样一位好人。她什么活动都参加——庆典、葬礼，她是那种真正善良的人——她的家人也是如此。”当地男子布伦丹·纳根特的父亲与海恩斯交好了几十年，他因涉嫌袭击面临至少三项指控，包括故意造成伤害，并于周三出庭受审。警方表示，他们正在考虑追加进一步指控，包括谋杀未遂。
"She is a such a good person in our community. She'd go to everything - celebrations, funerals, she's one of those genuinely kind people - and so are her family." Local man Brendan Nugent, whose father has been good friends with Haines for decades, faces at least three charges over the alleged attack including intentionally causing harm and appeared in court on Wednesday. Police say they are considering further charges, including attempted murder.
议员躺在担架上“感谢所有人” 海恩斯于2019年首次当选进入议会，因多年来致力于建立国家反腐败委员会而为人熟知。
MP 'thanked everyone' as she lay injured First elected to parliament in 2019, Haines is best known for her years-long efforts to establish a national anti-corruption commission.
她之所以采取行动，是因为一系列重大的政治丑闻——用她的话来说，这些丑闻表明“公共资金被用于政治目的”；在那些选票数量较少的地区，政府在“华丽的基础设施项目”上投入了大量资金；同时，许多决策更偏袒大捐助者而非普通民众。
She was spurred by on a series of major political scandals which, in her words, saw "public money spent for political gain", disproportionate spending on "shiny infrastructure projects" in marginal seats and decisions benefitting big donors over ordinary people.
该调查委员会终于在2023年，在安东尼·阿尔巴内塞领导的工党政府执政期间成立。
The commission finally opened in 2023 under Anthony Albanese's Labor government.
海恩斯还为她所在地区的住房建设、铁路改善以及医疗基础设施项目争取到了资金支持。她认为，长期以来，这些项目一直因政府优先考虑城市发展的政策而被忽视。
Haines has also helped to secure funds for housebuilding, railway improvements and health infrastructure in her region, which she argues has long been sidelined by policies favouring cities.
在一个春天的下午，在旺加拉塔（Wangaratta），似乎没有人会对这位从护士和助产士转型为政治家的人说半句坏话。当地市长艾琳·格兰特（Irene Grant）形容她“热情友好”且“充满责任感”，并特别提到了她在气候变化保护及原住民权利方面的贡献。
On a spring afternoon in Wangaratta, nobody seemed to have a bad word to say about the former nurse and midwife turned politician. Local Mayor Irene Grant described her as "warm", "cheerful" and "committed", and pointed to her record on climate action and Indigenous rights.
周三，维多利亚州警察局长迈克·布什（Mike Bush）在警方发布的声明中表示：去年当两名警察在邻近的波伦普卡（Porepunkah）镇遇害时，海恩斯为当地警方提供了“极大的支持”。
In a police update on Wednesday, Victoria Police Commissioner Mike Bush said she'd given "wonderful support" to local police when two officers were shot dead in the nearby town of Porepunkah last year.
那些前来帮助海恩斯的旁观者回忆说，即使她伤势严重，她仍然向他们表示了感谢。“真是令人难以置信，”杰克琳·布莱克（Jacklyn Black）对Nine Network的《Today》节目说道，“我们当时正在交谈，她还在跟我讲她的孙子孙女们的情况。在那种情况下，她依然保持如此冷静，同时对社区的援助心怀感激……在这样的时刻，我实在无法用更高的言辞来评价她了。”科迪·莱波伊德文（Cody Lepoidevin）补充道。
Bystanders who came to Haines' aid recalled how she thanked them even as she lay severely injured. "It was incredible," Jacklyn Black told Nine Network's Today show. "We were having conversations, she was telling me about her grandkids." "To be in that situation and be as calm as she could be in the moment, but also thankful to the aid that the community had given her... I could [not] speak any more highly of her in a moment like that," Cody Lepoidevin added.
海恩斯的办公室窗户上贴着一张大幅的海伦·海恩斯的照片；每当有人给她送花时，她总会微笑着回应他们，然后继续自己的工作。
"She just thanked everyone." There's a large print-out of Helen Haines plastered onto the window of her office - anyone delivering flowers for her gets a big smile back as they look up and walk away.
周二，在马路对面，一名男子挥舞着澳大利亚国旗；他的T恤上写着“旺加拉塔——这并不代表我们的真实面貌！！”显然，在这个彼此关照的友好社区里，许多人都持有这样的观点。
Across the road on Tuesday, a man waved an Australian flag. On his T-shirt were the words "Wangaratta - this is not us!!" It's clear that many feel that way in this friendly community where people look out for each other.
海恩斯办公室的隔壁是里基·杰弗里斯经营的RickyChops理发店。当他听到外面发生混乱时，他冲出去帮忙，按住了嫌疑人。
Next door to Haines' office is RickyChops barbershop, owned by Ricky Jefferies. When he heard the chaos unfolding outside, he rushed to help, pinning down the suspect.
“我只是俯身靠近他，等他已经倒在地上、不再构成威胁后，我就站在他旁边，告诉他不能离开，”他在事后解释道。
"I just leant over him and once he was on the ground and he was no longer a threat, I just stood with him, and I told him that he can't leave," he explained after the incident. "I don't think I'm a hero.
“我不觉得自己是英雄。我觉得我只是一个有机会以相对安全的方式介入的人。”显然有人不同意里基的看法。到周二下午，他的店门上也被人系上了一束花，还有一个小气球，上面写着“谢谢你”。
I think that I just was a person who had an opportunity to intervene in a safe-ish sort of way." Some clearly disagree with Ricky. By Tuesday afternoon, he too had received a bouquet of flowers tied to his shop's door, and a small balloon with the words "thank you".
在路那头的圣三一圣公会大教堂，举行了一场守夜活动，几百人排着队为海恩斯点燃蜡烛。
Down the road at the Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral, a vigil was held, attended by a couple of hundred people lining up to light a candle for Haines.
有人拥抱了神职人员，还有人穿着印有“海伦·海恩斯团队”字样的竞选T恤。她的丈夫菲尔说，他收到了“成千上万”条充满爱与支持的信息。
Some hugged the clergy, while others wore campaign T-shirts carrying the words "Team Helen Haines". Her husband Phil said he had received "thousands upon thousands" of messages of love and support.
“我只能说，这对我们所有人来说意义有多么重大，”他说。“海伦的康复之路将漫长而艰难，但我们知道她是个斗士。”“无论你是否投票给她，她似乎都把社区放在心上，所以你真正能要求的也就是这些；一个代表你社区的政客，”住在附近奥尔伯里的奥斯汀·朗菲尔德说。
"I can only say how much of a difference that makes to all of us," he said. "Helen's road to recovery will be long and difficult, but we know she is a fighter." "Whether you vote for her or not, she seems to have the community at heart so that's all you can really ask for; a politician that represents your community," said Austin Longfield who lives in nearby Albury.
“这只是你在我们社区里不会预料到的事情，”他补充道。“你在其他国家看到过这种事，而我根本无法理解这种事会在这里发生。”
"It's just something that you wouldn't expect in our community," he added. "You see it in other countries and it's just something that I didn't comprehend could happen here."
