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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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31/01/2025. The Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton gives keynote address at the Menzies Research Centre event held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney. Britta Campion / The Australian

Panahi: Trump showed the way, why won’t Dutton follow?

Why is Opposition Leader Peter Dutton refusing to open his eyes to the political opportunities before him? Playing it safe with the election pending is a recipe for failure.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, DECEMBER 5, 2022. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and deputy Premier Jacinta Allan, hold a press conference after the swearing in of his government at Government House in Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling

Panahi: Hard-Left Labor govt has made Victoria the biggest loser

The Business Council of Australia review has revealed South Australia is the best place in the country to do business while Victoria is the worst — and if the Allan government doesn’t cut regulations and taxes, more businesses will shift their investment interstate.

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The pressure pubs are under and how little revenue they will make under the proposed guidelines and restrictions. Paul Waterson, CEO of Australian Venue Co and owner of the Auburn Hotel in Hawthorn at his empty pub. Picture: David Caird

Panahi: Pub group can shove their insincere Australia Day apology

Australians should think twice about spending their hard earned with businesses that hate them or their values.

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Panahi: Why is Labor protecting the rights of killers to have babies behind bars?

When you go to prison for murder, or any other serious offence that lands you in maximum security, it means you are deprived of your liberty and that should include the opportunity to procreate.

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Bali Nine members Scott Rush, Matthew Norman, Si-Yi Chen, Martin Stephens, and Michael Czugaj . Picture: Supplied

Panahi: Bali Nine — it’s time to bring them home

The five remaining members of the Bali Nine have paid a heavy price for their stupidity and, while it’s easy to say “let them rot”, no good comes from having them die behind bars.

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CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - October 17, 2024: eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant appears at the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024 hearing at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Panahi: Social media bill a backdoor to distrusted digital ID

The push to ban under 16s from social media may be well intentioned but it risks paving the way for the federal government to introduce a digital ID – a policy that is widely distrusted and unwanted.

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Caption: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a 30 minute bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Monday November 18, 2024. Picture: Supplied/handout/Prime Minister's Office

Panahi: Albo basks in China’s praise as ordinary Aussies struggle

While Anthony Albanese enjoys lavish praise from the Chinese Communist Party, there are serious issues at home needing his attention.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire 20th OCTOBER 2024. Pictured: Premier Jacinta Allan and Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny to make an announcement. Picture: NewsWire / Nadir Kinani

Panahi: Rock climbing ban a sign of Allan govt’s race-based agenda

Forget about policing gang violence, machete-wielding youths, and home invaders, this state government is spending your hard-earned to keep rock climbers off rocks.

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US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington, DC on November 13, 2024. (Photo by ALLISON ROBBERT / POOL / AFP)

Panahi: US election shows how we’ve been failed by inept Labor and Liberal-lite

Victorians are not “woke and stupid”, they’ve been failed by Labor leaders inept at governing and hopeless, Liberal bedwetters.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 30, 2023 : Victorian Parliament question time during the last sitting day of the year. Premier Jacinta Allan on her feet. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Ian Currie

Panahi: Allan govt has engineered a housing mess with no winners

For some, the only way to pay the exorbitant and ever increasing amounts of land tax imposed by the state government is to sell their property.

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