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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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Drones, amphibious cars to get disaster roles

Drones, amphibious vehicles, and remote-controlled vessels could help emergency services combat disasters this year as one state looks ‘outside the box’.

Alexi Demetriadi and Joanna Panagopoulos

EXCLUSIVEDefence

A camera on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, showing the F-150 driven by ISIS Terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar as people jump out of its way before he continues running down several Partygoers during today's Terrorist Attack..

New Orleans terror attack our ‘wake-up call’

Fighting terrorism in Australia in 2025 is more about tackling the cost-of-living crisis and creating meaningful employment than countering a specific terror cell, security experts say.

Joanna Panagopoulos

EXCLUSIVEEducation

Hindu Council of Australia national vice president Surinder Jain has said the peak Hindu body and its leaders have "lost faith" in the divisive Greens. The council has said it will urge its members to preference the party last, pointing to its terrible QLD election results as a wake up call for the party. Mr Jain said it's a "long road ahead' for it to regain the trust of the Hindu community, pointing to its rhetoric and divisive comments across the last year. Jane Dempster/The Australian.Hindu Council of Australia national vice president Surinder Jain has said the peak Hindu body and its leaders have "lost faith" in the divisive Greens. The council has said it will urge its members to preference the party last, pointing to its terrible QLD election results as a wake up call for the party. Mr Jain said it's a "long road ahead' for it to regain the trust of the Hindu community, pointing to its rhetoric and divisive comments across the last year. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Hindu kids ‘deprived’ of faith-based school

Education Minster Jason Clare is supportive of developing the first Hindu school in Australia, as the Hindu community seeks a federal government funding commitment.

Joanna Panagopoulos and Alexi Demetriadi

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‘Time for talk has passed’: Hindu leaders urge PM to act

A top Hindu leader has warned the nation is ‘incubating religious intolerance’ with its failure to clamp down on anti-Semitism, claiming those who hate Jewish Australians ‘hate people of all faiths except their own’.

Alexi Demetriadi, Joanna Panagopoulos and David Tanner

Sydney Hobart raceNation

27/12/2024: Retired yacht Flying Fish Arctos in dock at Jervis Bay after a crew member died during the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

In violent seas, crews forced to face tragedy

In ‘violent’ conditions in the middle of the night, two crews were forced to perform CPR on their crewmates with whom they had practically lived on board those vessels.

Joanna Panagopoulos

sailing tragedySport

Sydney Hobart victims Roy Quaden (left) and Nick Smith (right)

From ‘apprehensive’ to devastated: Sydney Hobart crews mourn lost mates

Two experienced sailors have been identified after they tragically died in similar circumstances during the 2024 edition of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

David Murray, Joanna Panagopoulos and Summer Liu

Far west NSWAviation

Qantas Flight QLK1700 makes emergency landing.

Qantas in landing gear scare

The airline acknowledged it could have been an “unsettling” experience for those on board.

Joanna Panagopoulos

Joy and painNation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Daily TelegraphPhotos - Wednesday, 25 December 2024:People pictured at Bronte Beach on Christmas Day.Picture: Daily Telegraph/ Monique Harmer

How Australians spent Christmas Day

Thousands lined the coastlines for a quintessential beach Christmas celebration on Wednesday, while many reflected on how hard many Australians had it this Christmas.

Joanna Panagopoulos

EXCLUSIVENation

Rabbi Aycee Abrahams and wife Sorella Abrahams with their children in Randwick. For the first time since 2005, Hanukkah falls on Christmas day. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Rabbi’s Hanukkah message: Don’t hide, light always outshines darkness

The past 12 months have often been punctuated by fear for the Australian Jewish community. But the Abrahams family won’t be hiding on Hanukkah. Their Sydney home, and their faith in God, will be a light in the darkness.

Joanna Panagopoulos

Fractured communityNation

DAILY TELEGRAPH 31ST JANUARY 2024Pictured in Stanmore is anti-coed Newington College parents walking towards the school in a silent protest against the proposed switch to Newington College becoming a co-ed school.Picture: Richard Dobson

Newington parents to launch class action over ‘deceptive conduct’

Parents will launch a class action over ‘misleading and deceptive conduct’ by the Newington College Council, including claims that representations were made the ‘college would not become coeducational’.

Joanna Panagopoulos

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