1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,294 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Muma Mia podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges 2 00:00:15,334 --> 00:00:18,134 Speaker 1: the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast 3 00:00:18,214 --> 00:00:23,654 Speaker 1: is recorded on Hi. I'm Ailish Delaney from Mamma MEA's 4 00:00:23,654 --> 00:00:26,854 Speaker 1: twice daily news podcast, The Quickie with Your Headlines for Wednesday, 5 00:00:26,894 --> 00:00:30,894 Speaker 1: February twelve. Two nurses will lose their jobs over anti 6 00:00:30,894 --> 00:00:33,614 Speaker 1: Semitic comments in a social media video that has sparked 7 00:00:33,654 --> 00:00:37,334 Speaker 1: outrage and triggered a police investigation. The video, posted by 8 00:00:37,334 --> 00:00:40,614 Speaker 1: an Israeli influencer with more than one hundred thousand followers 9 00:00:40,614 --> 00:00:42,814 Speaker 1: on TikTok, shows him talking to a man in a 10 00:00:42,854 --> 00:00:45,734 Speaker 1: New South Wales health uniform via a website that randomly 11 00:00:45,774 --> 00:00:48,814 Speaker 1: pairs people for video chats. The man and a woman 12 00:00:48,854 --> 00:00:51,534 Speaker 1: who then appears alongside him say they would rather kill 13 00:00:51,734 --> 00:00:55,574 Speaker 1: than treat Israeli people. The video spurred an urgent investigation 14 00:00:55,694 --> 00:00:59,174 Speaker 1: on Wednesday, and the pair was quickly identified. New South 15 00:00:59,214 --> 00:01:02,214 Speaker 1: Wales Health Minister Ryan Parks slammed the comments as vile, 16 00:01:02,374 --> 00:01:04,614 Speaker 1: saying the pair will never work in New South Wales 17 00:01:04,694 --> 00:01:08,414 Speaker 1: hospitals again. The High Court has overturned a landmark case 18 00:01:08,454 --> 00:01:10,454 Speaker 1: that allowed a judge to be personally sued for the 19 00:01:10,494 --> 00:01:13,214 Speaker 1: first time in Australia for wrongly jailing a man during 20 00:01:13,214 --> 00:01:16,534 Speaker 1: a divorce case. The Brisbane man known by the pseudonym 21 00:01:16,534 --> 00:01:21,014 Speaker 1: mister Stradford, successfully sued Federal Circuit Court Judge Salvator Vasta 22 00:01:21,174 --> 00:01:23,614 Speaker 1: for more than three hundred thousand dollars in damages in 23 00:01:23,614 --> 00:01:26,334 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three after he was wrongly jailed for contempt 24 00:01:26,374 --> 00:01:29,894 Speaker 1: of court. In the original case, Judge Vaster wrongly believed 25 00:01:29,894 --> 00:01:33,174 Speaker 1: mister Stradford was in contempt for not providing required financial 26 00:01:33,214 --> 00:01:36,454 Speaker 1: documents and sentenced the father of two to six months jail. 27 00:01:36,934 --> 00:01:40,174 Speaker 1: Mister Stradford appealed, and six days later Judge Vaster considered 28 00:01:40,214 --> 00:01:43,134 Speaker 1: he'd made an error and ordered his immediate release. He 29 00:01:43,214 --> 00:01:47,214 Speaker 1: later sued Judge Vaster personally for false imprisonment. On Wednesday, 30 00:01:47,254 --> 00:01:49,974 Speaker 1: the High Court unanimously allowed an appeal by Judge Vaster, 31 00:01:50,254 --> 00:01:52,414 Speaker 1: finding that all judges of courts are immune to a 32 00:01:52,454 --> 00:01:54,974 Speaker 1: civil suit arising out of axe done in the exercise 33 00:01:55,014 --> 00:01:58,614 Speaker 1: of the judicial function or capacity. In allowing the appeals, 34 00:01:58,614 --> 00:02:02,134 Speaker 1: the High Court dismissed mister Stradford's proceedings, meaning Vast won't 35 00:02:02,174 --> 00:02:06,614 Speaker 1: face consequences. Football Australia has stopped short of confirming whether 36 00:02:06,654 --> 00:02:09,334 Speaker 1: Sam Kerr will return as the Matilda's captain after the 37 00:02:09,374 --> 00:02:12,934 Speaker 1: Australian Football style was found not guilty of racially aggravated 38 00:02:12,974 --> 00:02:16,614 Speaker 1: harassment of a police officer in London. The incident unfolded 39 00:02:16,614 --> 00:02:19,414 Speaker 1: after Kerr called a police office stupid and white during 40 00:02:19,414 --> 00:02:22,894 Speaker 1: a drunken dispute after a night out. Kerr apologized for 41 00:02:22,974 --> 00:02:25,614 Speaker 1: expressing herself poorly during the incident and said she was 42 00:02:25,654 --> 00:02:28,534 Speaker 1: fully focused on getting back on the pitch after recovering 43 00:02:28,534 --> 00:02:31,974 Speaker 1: from an acl injury. Football Australia said it will remind 44 00:02:32,054 --> 00:02:35,174 Speaker 1: her of the behavioral standards expected of national team players, 45 00:02:35,414 --> 00:02:37,614 Speaker 1: but has not declared whether the striker will be stripped 46 00:02:37,614 --> 00:02:40,774 Speaker 1: of the Matilda's captaincy. The governing body said it remains 47 00:02:40,774 --> 00:02:43,174 Speaker 1: committed to supporting Kerr and looks forward to her return 48 00:02:43,214 --> 00:02:46,014 Speaker 1: to the pitch. For the first time. In recent history, 49 00:02:46,094 --> 00:02:49,534 Speaker 1: the percentage of top grossing films featuring female protagonists has 50 00:02:49,574 --> 00:02:53,494 Speaker 1: equaled the percentage of films with male protagonists. Movies like Wicked, 51 00:02:53,534 --> 00:02:57,134 Speaker 1: Inside Out, To and The Substance Lifted Hollywod's theatrical releases 52 00:02:57,174 --> 00:02:59,974 Speaker 1: to gender parody in leading roles in twenty twenty four. 53 00:03:00,454 --> 00:03:03,014 Speaker 1: Of the one hundred top US grossing films in twenty 54 00:03:03,014 --> 00:03:06,334 Speaker 1: twenty four, forty two percent had female protagonists and forty 55 00:03:06,334 --> 00:03:09,374 Speaker 1: two percent had male protagonists, according to a report issued 56 00:03:09,374 --> 00:03:12,094 Speaker 1: by San Diego State University's Center for the Study of 57 00:03:12,094 --> 00:03:15,974 Speaker 1: Women in Television and Film. That's your latest news headlines. 58 00:03:16,254 --> 00:03:19,334 Speaker 1: On tomorrow's episode of The Quickie, an Ozzie mum controversially 59 00:03:19,374 --> 00:03:22,694 Speaker 1: confronted her daughter's bullies in school. We speak to parents 60 00:03:22,734 --> 00:03:24,534 Speaker 1: about what has pushed them to their limits when it 61 00:03:24,574 --> 00:03:27,294 Speaker 1: comes to their children being bullied. Listen to The Quickie 62 00:03:27,294 --> 00:03:28,694 Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts.