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Joanna started her career as a cadet at News Corp’s local newspaper network, reporting mostly on crime and courts across Sydney’s suburbs. She then worked as a court reporter for the News Wire before joining The Australian’s youth-focused publication The Oz.

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RendezView. Mum getting angry. (Pic: iStock)

Schools seek power to eject abusive parents

Legislation to remove aggressive parents from school grounds and mental health nurses for parent coaching. Inside the push to protect teachers from ‘volatile’ parents.

Joanna Panagopoulos

EXCLUSIVEHigher Education

International University of Sydney students (L-R) Taiwanese Alina Lin (27), Malaysian Leesa Zulkefli (25) and Singaporean Natsaran And (26). The Albanese government will reform its visa requirement so international students will not be penalised for revealing that they want to migrate to Australia. Jane Dempster/The AustralianThe Albanese government will reform its visa requirement so international students will not be penalised for revealing that they want to migrate to Australia. Jane Dempster/The Australian

Student caps risk an asylum escalation

Labor’s caps ‘raise more questions than answers’, a former Immigration Department executive says, with the move risking a possible surge in asylum-seeker applications.

Sarah Ison and Joanna Panagopoulos

EXCLUSIVEEducation

Catholic Schools NSW CEO Dallas McInerney. Pic Supplied.

Gloomy education narrative ‘lacks evidence’

‘Doom and gloom’ explanations for educational inequity in Australia, such as school funding, the share of students at non-government schools and segregation, lack evidence, a Catholic Schools NSW report says.

Joanna Panagopoulos

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

ETU NSW Secretary Allen Hicks. Picture: Supplied

PM faces claim of work-rights breach

The Electrical Trades Union has accused Anthony Albanese of potentially breaching workplace laws.

Ewin Hannan and Joanna Panagopoulos

crimeNation

Dean Angus Bell pictured leaving Supreme Court at around 11.40am Monday 11 February 2019(Image / Monique Harmer)

Trans leader of alleged child abuse ring charged

A group of prison inmates allegedly directed by a transgender woman who called herself ‘the leader of The Pack’ is accused of sharing letters detailing sexual abuse of children.

Joanna Panagopoulos

shortagePolitics

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - August 21, 2024: Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Butler secures 22 million IV fluid bags

The federal government has secured 22 million bags of IV fluids amid a major supply shortage of the vital saline products.

Joanna Panagopoulos

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for The Greens speaking at a public senate hearing for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024 (Provisions) on Education Services.Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Greens insert Faruqi in anti-Semitic probe

Questions have been raised over Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi’s substitution onto a Senate committee to determine if there should be a judicial inquiry into anti-Semitism on Australian campuses.

Joanna Panagopoulos

Underworld war reignitesNation

awyer Chris Eliopoulos at a meeting at Bondi on April 4,, 2018, after he returned from Cessnock Jail where he had Brayden, Dillon’s killer sign an affidavit that said Bassam Hamzy and others, were not responsible for the murder. Supplied

‘Angel of death’ Tarek Ayoub shot dead

The organised crime figure was killed in a hail of bullets in Parramatta overnight. Police said: ‘He lived by the sword, died by the sword. It’s no surprise he’s been murdered’.

Joanna Panagopoulos

EXCLUSIVENation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 03: Protesters gather on the lawns of The University Of Sydney in support of a pro-Palestine encampment on May 03, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. Tensions escalated at The University Of Sydney as pro-Palestinian protesters vowed to maintain their presence on campus despite growing opposition, with Jewish groups planning a counter-rally and university officials urging students to respect each other's rights. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

Universities ‘tolerated, appeased and enabled’ anti-Semitism

Jewish students say ‘many … who used to dream of going to university now dread it’ as peak Jewish bodies call for a judicial inquiry into anti-Semitism with Royal Commission-like powers.

Joanna Panagopoulos and James Dowling

STABBING SPREENation

**Fee Applies **One time use** Mut credit NV**, , AROUND 9:15 AM THIS MORNING, EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONDED TO A MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH ON THE PRINCESS HIGHWAY AT ENGADINE. ON ARRIVAL, MULTIPLE PATIENTS WERE IN VEHICLES AND HAD SUSTAINED STAB WOUNDS FROM AN OFFENDER. A POLICE OFFICER WAS ALSO STABBED. MULTIPLE PATIENTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO ST GEORGE'S HOSPITAL WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AEROMEDICAL TEAMS. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.

‘I see him just slashing her’: Four injured in stabbing frenzy

Witnesses including Cronulla Sharks chairman Steve Mace have described the moment a man T-boned a car in Sydney’s south and then allegedly turned on his female passenger, as heroic onlookers tried to intervene.

Joanna Panagopoulos and Liam Mendes

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