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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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Victoria's Chief Health Officer Dr Brett Sutton speaks to the media during a press conference in Melbourne, Monday, April 6, 2020. The total number of Coronavirus cases in Victoria is 1158, an increase of 23 from yesterday. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING

Irrational restrictions risk losing public’s co-operation

This week we saw many examples of inconsistent messages from authorities on what we can and can’t do. If the government doesn’t want to undermine the public’s faith and co-operation, they must stop demanding we blindly follow restrictions that defy logic, writes Rita Panahi.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 04: AFL CEO, Gillon McLachlan speaks during the 2020 AFLW Season Launch at the University of Melbourne on February 04, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

We need an explanation for AFL madness

The Andrews government’s plan to fork out a hefty sum for a second-rate AFL game would be funny if it wasn’t so mindlessly stupid. Why are we spending public money on the nation’s wealthiest sporting code, asks Rita Panahi.

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is seen during a press conference with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at Admiralty House in Sydney, Friday, February 28, 2020. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING

As election looms, Ardern is looking desperate

Jacinda Ardern represents the Leftist ideal of woke agendas and supposedly compassionate politics but as New Zealand’s election sits on a knife edge, her criticism of Australia’s deportation policy is more about domestic politics than ethics, writes Rita Panahi.

Original URL: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/journalists/rita-panahi/page/54