Following the viral video that appears to show two (former) nurses and Bankstown Hospital threatening to kill Jewish people under their care, independent NSW MLC Mark Latham offered his comments about the mistake Australia made importing ideological hatred from the Middle East.

It comes shortly after the Labor-led federal government, in collaboration with the Coalition, passed controversial Hate Crime legislation with mandatory sentencing that sparked a debate about the limitations of free speech and whether this was an appropriate (and fair) response to rising antisemitism.