Chris Barrow

He's studying a master's in public health in Sydney.

After the shooting, his job as a support worker got that much harder.

Earlier this month, Pauline Hanson, an Australian senator and leader of populist anti-immigration party One Nation, made comments questioning whether there were good Muslims.

She was censured by the federal senate and she's only partially apologised for the incident.

Community leaders say that politicians like Hansen have legitimised racism.

Jamal Keir again.

We're talking about women being spat on in the street.

We're talking about women whose scarves have been pulled off.

Our Facebook post used to have five to ten comments.

We're getting a thousand plus comments of...

the most bigoted, vile, racist comments.

Because people feel empowered and emboldened because people like Pauline Hanson have enabled this sort of racism to be rampant and normal.

The fear that I have is Pauline Hanson and her dog whistling has such an effect on the Labor and Liberal Party that they are too scared to take the defence of the Muslim community because it's political suicide for them.

So we're left to defend for ourselves.

That fear and frustration was clear on Friday when Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Lakemba Mosque to mark the end of Ramadan, facing booing and heckling by some in the community.

Dr Zuhair Gabsi is Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Deakin University.

Katie Watson with that report.

Cuba has suffered its second nationwide power cut in less than a week.

The island's energy infrastructure struggles to deal with the fuel blockade imposed by the Trump administration.

Cuba's energy ministry said the power grid had experienced a total collapse and that work had begun to restore supply.