In this bulletin;
- Education Minister highlights government's achievements as Labor gears up for a federal election;
- Police raid homes of two nurses who posted video appearing to claim they'd kill Israeli patients;
- And in sport, Australian Jordan Mailata joins victory parade at the Super Bowl.
Western Australia's Premier Roger Cook confirms no injuries, causalities or major damage have been caused by the destructive Tropical Cyclone Zelia.
Mr Cook says while the cyclone continues to bring heavy rainfall to inland Pilbara today, the cyclone has been downgraded to a Tropical Low.
He says overnight the state's emergency service received 60 calls out for assistance, and the government has reached remote Aboriginal communities hit by the cyclone since yesterday.
"There are two remote Aboriginal communities, Warralong and Gooda Binya, where there have been significant risks around floodwaters. Residents in Gooda Binya self evacuated to Marble Bar overnight, and defence is assisting with relocating from Warralong."
Mr Cook says the state government is working with major supermarkets in Kimberley and Pilbara to ensure adequate supply during road closures.
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Minister for Education Jason Clare has praised the government's efforts when it comes to improving the health, education and finances of Australians across the country, as Labor gears up for a federal election.
Minister Clare said he has received positive feedback from teachers and principals regarding the government's ban on the use of mobile phones during school, as well as reporting a 50% reduction on suspensions in schools in South Australia after measures to ban vapes among young people.
The Education Minister says the government is looking to form a majority following this year's election, reiterating their key policies around protecting Medicare, providing tax cuts for all Australians, and equitable access to education.
"Making sure that all kids, whether they come from a wealthy family or a poor family, can get into early education and care when they're young, so that they start school ready to learn. Fixing the funding of our schools, so more kids finish school, and then making sure that more kids can go to TAFE or go to Uni and get the skills that they need. That's what free TAFE's about, and that's what cutting the cost of hecs debt by 20% is about."
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An investigation is ongoing into two nurses who posted a video appearing to claim they would kill Israeli patients, as police raid one of the nurse's houses.
Ahmed Rashid Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh, who worked at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital in Sydney's southwest, remain in the police spotlight after a video surfaced earlier this week.
The video, in which they appear to claim they won't treat Israeli people and boast of sending them to hell, sparked shock and outrage from other nurses, government officials and the wider community.
The pair have had their registrations suspended by the NSW Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Mr Nadir was treated by emergency services on Thursday night following a "concern for welfare", and has issued an apology through a lawyer.
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Opposition leader Peter Dutton has accused the Greens of being "radical" and "antisemitic" when responding to other election candidates in his own seat of Dickson.
Mr Dutton will be competing against the Greens candidate Vinnie Batten and independent Ellie Smith, who is backed by the Climate 200 group that supported the Teals candidates in the 2022 election.
When asked if he's worried about the two candidates, Mr Dutton says he's not concerned about the competition.
"I don't know who on earth would want to vote for the Greens, because they are radical, racist antisemitic party and they would destroy our economy."
Greens leader Adam Bandt responded to similar allegations in June last year by Mr Dutton, who blamed Mr Bandt of being central to hate and antisemitism on university campuses.
Mr Bandt said he would not be lectured about peace and non-violence from either leader of the major parties.
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OpenAI, which owns ChatGPT, has formally rejected a $153 billion deal led by US billionaire Elon Musk, saying the start-up is not for sale.
In a statement quoting its chair Bret Taylor on social media, OpenAI says the board has unanimously rejected Mr Musk's latest attempt to buy the company, which is governed by a not-for-profit of the same name.
Mr Musk co-founded OpenAI with the company's CEO Sam Altman in 2015, but left the company in 2018.
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Now in sports,
Australian Jordan Mailata has joined the victory parade of Philadelphia Eagles to celebrate the Super Bowl champion.
The offensive lineman is the first Australian who won a Super Bowl.
Fans have flooded into the streets of Philadelphia, and Mr Mailata told fans that while he wasn't a person for speeches, he could sing.
Mr Mailata then surprised the crowd by singing Queens' We are the Champions.
