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One of the nurses appearing in the Bankstown Hospital anti-semitic video has himself been hospitalised.
New South Wales Police say paramedics were called to the male pediatric nurse's home in Bankstown, in Sydney's west, about 9pm last night, after concern over his welfare.
The viral video has been condemned by Muslim leaders across Australia for the alleged antisemtic content.
The Imam of Melbourne's Alsedeek Mosque, Sheikh Alaa Al Zokm, says the action of two nurses is contrary to Islamic teaching regarding how to provide services to community.
"The Muslims, wherever place they are working at, whatever job they are performing, they have to provide the service according to the ethics religiously and also according to the law. We have learned in the history of Islam and according to the ethics of our religion that we don’t distinguish between a person and another based on their religious beliefs or where they come from. At the same time, we would like to call upon our community to stand together against any wrong behaviour whether here in Australia, or overseas as well."
Police continue to investigate the video, the unedited version which has been uploaded to Instagram by the man who shot it, Israeli influencer Max Veifer.
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A severe category-five tropical cyclone has hit the Western Australia earlier than expected.
Tropical Cyclone Zelia has crossed the state's Pilbara coast near Port Hedland, producing winds up to 300 kilometres per hour.
Angus Hines, a meteorologist at the Bureau of Meterology, says residents can expect rain, flooding and storm surges.
"Destructive winds can knock down trees and houses, take out power and casue significant stress on infrastructure, travel and road network, making things very difficult to get around in that part of the country, and storm tides and inundation are possible, particularly near and east of where the cyclone crosses, where we could see tides much over their normal level, flooding coastal areas, roads and properties."
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In Tasmania, communities continue to battle out-of-control fires on the state's west coast.
The State Fire Controller and Commissioner of Fire and Emergency Services Jeremy Smith says around 20,000 hectares of vegetation has burnt over in the past day.
The state's premier, Jeremy Rockliff, has announced emergency assistance grants to support residents of Zeehan, Granville Habour, Corinna, Sandy Cape and Pieman River.
Firefighter crews from New Zealand are on their way to help Tasmania control the fires.
More than 20 fires are currently burning in Tasmania.
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In Victoria, the Labor Party has claimed victory in the Werribee state by-election by a slim margin.
Labor's candidate John Lister received 50.71 per cent of the vote, while Liberal Party candidate Steve Murphy received 49.29 per cent.
Mr Lister is a teacher and firefighter in Werribee.
Despite the victory, the by-election saw a big slump in Labor's support in its traditional western Melbourne heartland.
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New South Wales' rail unions have launched planned industrial actions today after a breakdown in negotiations with the New South Wales government last night and passengers are facing trains running a lot slower than usual.
The industrial action is expected to continue until next Wednesday
New South Wales Treasurer Daniel Mookhey is accusing the Rail, Tram and Bus Union of punishing Sydneysiders.
"This turn of events could easily have been avoided, have the union engaged in good faith negotiations, I think most reasonable people would look at this circumstance and conclude that this has been a bad faith move from this union, that is taking place at the public expense."
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Tiktok has re-emerged on US app stores on Apple and Google devices, after US President Donald Trump delayed the ban of the platform until April 5.
The app was removed from both stores in the US last month to comply with a law banning it unless it was sold to a non-Chinese owner.
Mr Trump has signed an executive order granting a 75-day extension for TikTok to comply with that law.
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In basketball, the inaugural captain of the Tasmania Jackjumpers, Clint Steindl, has announced his retirement.
Steindl led the Jackjumpers to the 2023-2024 N-B-L championship.
The 35-year-old utilty played 356 games over 13 seasons, and was a part of three NBL-championship winning teams... two with Perth, and one with Hobart.
