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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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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 29, 2023: Constitutional Law Professor Greg Craven AO during the Q&A session in Brisbane about the upcoming referendum. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

Uni law school acknowledges course ‘hijack’

Macquarie University will review its law school practices following revelations law students faced the threat of failing an exam if they performed an underwhelming acknowledgment of country.

Joanna Panagopoulos

ExclusiveDefence

(LtoR) – Cristina (Y11), Penny (Y12), Ellen (Y12), Walford Anglican School for Girls. The girls are interested in a career in the defence industry. Picture - Supplied

No guesswork as teens ‘nuclear-powered’ to take up AUKUS careers

Over 2000 Australian high schoolers are being engaged in a program to fast-track them into careers assisting to build the nation’s nuclear-powered submarine fleet.

Joanna Panagopoulos

EXCLUSIVEEducation

Macquarie University Age and the Law course convenor Holly Doel-Mackaway.

Ideology 101: students forced into ‘privilege walk’

Macquarie University law students who face the threat of failing a key exam over a lacklustre acknowledgment of country have been made to adopt different personas and perform a ‘privilege walk’.

Janet Albrechtsen and Joanna Panagopoulos

Higher Education

ANU loses US funding: VC announces

The young Trump administration had already suspended or terminated research grants at six Australian universities over its eight weeks in office.

Joanna Panagopoulos

Higher Education

Scientists at Australian National University discover 15-million-year-old Australian fish fossil. Ferruaspis brocksi, named after the team, is the first fossil freshwater Australian Smelt to be found in Australia.Dr Matt McCurry

What did this fish eat 15 million years ago? Easy, it’s still here in its stomach

Scientists have discovered a 15 million-year-old freshwater fish fossil, which showed what was in its stomach.

Joanna Panagopoulos

EXCLUSIVENation

Asian female student is crying and depressed in classroom

Overseas students at risk of sexual violence

More than half of female international students in Australia have experienced sexual or domestic violence over the past 12 months, according to a national study.

Joanna Panagopoulos

higher educationEducation

The Trump administration has sent 'show cause' notifications to Australian universities, asking them to declare links to China and if they comply with Donald Trump's two-gender policy.

Turn to Europe, Go8 unis urge, as US issues ‘show cause’ letters

Top research universities ask the government to ‘strengthen funding ties with Europe’ as Trump administration asks research collaborators to declare links to China and if they comply with DEI policies.

Joanna Panagopoulos

EXCLUSIVEEducation

Pro Palestine campers at Sydney University have began to leave the campus although many protesters have remained to stay. Picture: Thomas Lisson

University staff, students to face ID checks as part of security clampdown

Security guards could be strapped with body cams under new guidance devised by the university regulator after an extremist group infiltrated pro-Palestine protests last year.

Joanna Panagopoulos

strict bail conditionsNation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 10: Ron Brierley leaves the Downing Centre Local Court on February 10, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. The 82 year old was arrested at Sydney International Airport on Tuesday 17 December 2019 on his way to Fiji. Brierley's arrest follows an investigation by Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command, launched in August, into child abuse material in the area. Brierley was stopped at the airport by Australian Border Force officers. Detectives searched his carry-on luggage before the contents of his laptop and electronic storage devices were reviewed. He has been charged with six counts relating to the possession of child pornography. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)

Ron Brierley charged with possessing child abuse material

The 87-year-old former corporate titan was arrested on Tuesday morning and has faced court.

Joanna Panagopoulos

anti-semitismNation

WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. , PLEASE CONTACT WEEKEND PIC EDITOR JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. , Social picture of Nomads president Sayed Moosawi

Ex-Nomad chief allegedly Bondi firebombing ringleader ‘James Bond’

A former high-ranking bikie boss was the alleged mysterious ‘James Bond’ who directed criminals to firebomb a Bondi brewery they appeared to mistake for a Jewish kosher deli.

Alexi Demetriadi, James Dowling and Joanna Panagopoulos

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