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Rita Panahi
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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Ballarat woman Zoe Lee has been arrested for inciting a lockdown protest planned in Ballarat this Saturday.Source: Facebook.

Why we can’t defend heavy-handed Vic Pol arrest

The pregnant Ballarat mum who shared a video of her arrest on Facebook after planning an anti-lockdown protest may be a wackadoodle or a concerned citizen — either way, it’s impossible to defend the disproportionate police response, writes Rita Panahi.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 28, 2020: Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius addresses the media about the police's response to the illegal anti-maskers protest planned for Melbourne on September 5. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

What Cornelius failed to call out in his tirade

He played up to an adoring media pack and made headlines by slamming members of the “tinfoil hat-wearing brigade”. But Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius’s police force was weak when our state needed it the most, writes Rita Panahi.

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Statistics show Tasmanians are the fattest (obese) adults in Australia, generic picture of overweight people in Hobart

The COVID-19 risk factor we need to know about

Through gross mismanagement, the Andrews government has destroyed many lives and livelihoods. Now it’s time to stop wasting money on leftist celebrity ads and start informing Victorians of this significant COVID-19 risk factor that isn’t getting much coverage, writes Rita Panahi.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 3, 2020 : Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton arriving for announcements on latest restrictions with the stage 4 lockdown of Greater Melbourne  as COVID-19 spreads across the state in a second wave. Picture : NCA NewsWire / Ian Currie

Andrews’ testing numbers game stacks the odds against us

Premier Daniel Andrews said he fears he may be unable to re-open the state because the coronavirus testing numbers “are too low”. Once again he is seeking to blame the public and turn Victorians against each other to distract from his government’s failures, writes Rita Panahi.

Original URL: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/journalists/rita-panahi/page/49