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Rita PanahiColumnist and Sky News host

Rita is a senior columnist at Herald Sun, and Sky News Australia anchor of The Rita Panahi Show and co-anchor of top-rating Sunday morning discussion program Outsiders.Born in America, Rita spent much of her childhood in Iran before her family moved to Australia as refugees. She holds a Master of Business, with a career spanning more than two decades, first within the banking sector and the past ten years as a journalist and columnist.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 24, 2022: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks at a press conference at Parliament House in Melbourne with retiring Deputy James Merlino looking on. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Dan’s selective care for vulnerable not fooling anyone

The man responsible for plunging Victorians into isolation and depression now has the gall to claim he’s worried about mental health.

OpinionRita Panahi

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 30, 2022: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with the state premiers and territory chief ministers spoke to the media at a press conference in Parliament House in Canberra.Vic Premier Daniel Andrews during the presser.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

What if Labor wins and Dan loses?

Dan Andrews survives scandal after scandal with Teflon-like qualities but, come November, one electorate may deliver a surprising swing against him.

OpinionRita Panahi

A protester holds a portrait of Mahsa Amini during a demonstration in support of Amini, a young Iranian woman who died after being arrested in Tehran by the Islamic Republic's morality police, on Istiklal avenue in Istanbul on September 20, 2022. - Amini, 22, was on a visit with her family to the Iranian capital when she was detained on September 13 by the police unit responsible for enforcing Iran's strict dress code for women, including the wearing of the headscarf in public. She was declared dead on September 16 by state television after having spent three days in a coma. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)

Plight of Iranian women ignored by Western feminists

Iranian women are risking their lives to protest against tyranny, but their struggle isn’t receiving the sort of support one would hope from Western feminists.

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LAUNCESTON, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 29: Alastair Clarkson, Senior Coach of the Hawks looks on with Chris Fagan, General Manager Football Operations during the 2015 AFL round 22 match between the Hawthorn Hawks and the Brisbane Lions at Aurora Stadium, Launceston, Australia on August 29, 2015. (Photo by Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images)

Clarkson, Fagan deserved due process

Due process for Alastair Clarkson and Chris Fagan died when allegations were published by race-baiting media ravenous for a couple of big scalps.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 12: Britain's King Charles III looks on during the presentation of Addresses by both Houses of Parliament in Westminster Hall, inside the Palace of Westminster on September 12, 2022 in London, England. The Lord Speaker and the Speaker of the House of Commons presented an Address to His Majesty on behalf of their respective House in Westminster Hall following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The King replied to the Addresses. Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on September 8, 2022, and is succeeded by her eldest son, King Charles III. (Photo by Henry Nicholls-WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Problem with King Charles’ climate views

The head of state must be apolitical but King Charles III comes into the role with significant baggage.

OpinionRita Panahi

Sunday 22nd May 2022. The Australian.Independent Dr Monique Ryan has defeated Josh Frydenbergs seat in Kooyong.Photograph by Arsineh Houspian

Irrelevant Teals reveal their true colours

The Teal brigade is suffering from relevance deprivation syndrome and for Monique Ryan, Covid catastrophising has become a bid for attention.

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AFL’s appalling judgment in giving in to divisive voices

AFLW players should be embarrassed they couldn’t bring themselves to honour one of the most significant women in history.

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Electricity pylons hold power cables leading away from the SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy) gas-fired Keadby Power Station near Scunthorpe in northern England on September 6, 2022. - New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss inherits an economy set to enter recession before the end of the year, with double-digit inflation forecast to soar further. British households are facing an eye-watering 80-percent average hike in electricity and gas bills from next month, in a dramatic worsening of the cost-of-living crisis before winter. (Photo by Lindsey Parnaby / AFP)

Europe’s energy saga a glimpse at what looms for Australia

For many in Europe, it will be a dark and cold winter due to a self-inflicted energy crisis. Australia should beware.

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Meghan Markle the Jussie Smollett of royal family

The Duchess of Sussex has continuously been exposed as a fibber, but her latest elaborate lie makes her the Jussie Smollett of the royals.

OpinionRita Panahi

Liz Truss must mop up Boris’s mess

After the shambolic reign of green Tory Boris Johnson, Britain needs a strong leader and Liz Truss has an enormous task in front of her.

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