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A 67-year-old man presents with sudden onset right-sided weakness and slurred speech that began 1 hour ago. CT brain shows no haemorrhage. BP is 170/96 mmHg, glucose 6.5 mmol/L. There are no contraindications to thrombolysis. According to Australian stroke guidelines, what is the most appropriate next step?

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