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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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League tableHigher Education

Cam McEvoy, Jess Fox, Kaylee McKeown and Grace Brown all won gold in Paris.

Which Australian university won the Paris Games?

This university’s 38 current and past students collectively took home 24 medals, which would have earned it 11th place – ahead of New Zealand and Canada.

Joanna Panagopoulos

EXCLUSIVEEducation

A teacher sitting at her desk looking worried with an old style blackboard behind her.

‘Punched, kicked, slapped’: Teachers have had enough

A quarter of teachers feel unsafe at work in large part because of physically violent students and volatile parents, with most of them considering leaving the profession, a study has found.

Joanna Panagopoulos

‘disaster’Nation

A pregnant woman in the hospital delivery room with a IV drip. Childbirth and contractions.

Emergency alert over IV bag shortfall

Stores of IV drip bags have been almost completely depleted in hospitals around the country this week as hospitals move to ‘disaster’ footing.

Natasha Robinson and Joanna Panagopoulos

UPDATEDHigher Education

Pictures from inside the lecture theatre at the Student General Meeting. Picture: Usyd Students for Palestine

‘Horrified’: Sydney uni students vote to support ‘one Palestinian state’

The University has sought police advice on the legality of material used to promote the event, which included pamphlets featuring the Hamas red triangle symbol.

James Dowling and Joanna Panagopoulos

CourtsNation

Supplied social media images of Sydney School Teacher, Tayla Brailey who has been charged with accusations of sexually abusing a teenage male student at a school in South Western Sydney. Picture: Instagram

Teacher charged over sex with student

A newlywed teacher has been charged with sexually abusing a teenage student at a south west Sydney school.

Joanna Panagopoulos

terrorNation

DAILY TELEGRAPH 2ND JULY 2024Pictured are police searching for a weapon at the scene at Sydney University near the Parramatta Road entrance where a man was attacked and stabbed by a 14 year old boy this morning at 8.30am.Picture : Richard Dobson

Accused stabber, 14, charged

A Sydney teenager has been charged by the NSW terror team after allegedly stabbing a psychology graduate at the University of Sydney with a kitchen knife in July.

Joanna Panagopoulos

Higher educationHigher Education

Swinburne University of Technology is fusing high tech and high fashion to launch a new forward-thinking Bachelor of Design (Fashion) preparing graduates for a rapidly transforming industry. Picture: Supplied

Hi-tech fashion: ‘It’s not grandma’s sewing class’

Swinburne University of Technology says a new course is not about stitching fabrics but encouraging students to push the boundaries of technology for the future of sustainable fashion.

Joanna Panagopoulos

activistsHigher Education

Student activists have put up tents to set up a protest camp site for Palestine at the University of Sydney in Sydney on May 3, 2024. (Photo by Ayush Kumar / AFP)

Students push Palestine vote

Anti-Israel student activists at the University of Sydney are calling for one Palestinian state at their upcoming Student General Meeting while affirming ‘the right of Palestinians to armed resistance’.

Joanna Panagopoulos

WFHNation

The Victorian government will make a pitch to NSW's public servants after Chris Minns delivered an edict ending working from home on Monday.

Office work too tough? Move to Victoria

Victorian Labor will pitch itself as a ‘work from home’ government to thousands of NSW public servants after their ALP Premier, Chris Minns, demanded they get back into the office and end the productivity drain.

Joanna Panagopoulos

EXCLUSIVEEducation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 4, 2024: Free Palestine protest, Hyde Park. Protesters gather at Hyde Park in Sydney to call for peace and an end to the current Israel occupation of Palestine and the ongoing war between the two nations.Picture: NewsWire / Damian Shaw

No sex or activism: new code for teachers

The guidance comes amid the increased visibility of teacher activist groups like Teachers and School Staff for Palestine and educators in relationships with former students.

Joanna Panagopoulos

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