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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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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.

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Good blokes don’t kill

Good blokes don’t kill

Some crimes are so incomprehensibly evil that they can traumatise an entire nation. The horrific murder of Hannah Clarke and her children Aaliyah, 6, Laianah, 4 and Trey, 3, will haunt Australians for years.

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Family photos of Hannah and Rowan Baxter - children Aaliyah 6yrs,Laianah 4yrs and Trey 3yrs Camp Hill Car death Fire - Murder Suicide

‘Good blokes’ do not commit such depraved acts

As the nation reels from the savage killing of Hannah Clarke and her children, we cannot allow any excuses for gutless monsters like Rowan Baxter. We must do all we can to protect women and kids trying to escape brutal domestic violence, writes Rita Panahi.

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Annoying child with feet on seat in a plane

The seven rules of airline etiquette

The days when air travel was a glamorous affair may be long gone but today’s regular flyers fear coronavirus less than being seated next to an uncouth, discourteous oaf. Here are the seven cardinal rules of airline etiquette, writes Rita Panahi.

Original URL: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/journalists/rita-panahi/page/55