Australian PM Pledges Full Support for Investigation After Nurses Boast About Killing Jewish Patients

Labor has pushed for unity, while the opposition pressed for stronger action against anti-Semitism.

Ambulances arrive at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 28, 2021. Jenny Evans/Getty Images

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged full support to the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in their investigation of two New South Wales (NSW) health workers, who threatened to refuse treatment to Israeli patients.

On Feb. 12, two hospital workers wearing NSW Health nurse uniforms appeared on social media boasting about how they would refuse to treat—and had let die—Jewish patients.