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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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Professor Glen King from the Infensa team from The University of Queensland that is developing a drug that uses spider venom to treat heart attacks.

Shaping Australia one solved problem at a time

The are the big research ideas that have or will transform Australian lives.

Joanna Panagopoulos

EXCLUSIVENation

Peter Dawson Lawyer and Brother of Chris Dawson (R) with his client leaving the Federal court today.Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Chris Dawson’s brother in $13.6m estate brawl

Peter Dawson, the brother of convicted murderer Chris Dawson, is fighting a family who are contesting the finality of an ‘informal will’ that was left on a client’s iPhone.

Joanna Panagopoulos

SCHOLARSHIPSHigher Education

26/10/2024: Defence researcher Sophie Mayo is the 2025 ANZAC Centenary John Monash Scholar, and will pursue a Master in Public Administration and Master of Business Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the MIT Sloan School of Management. Photo by Giselle Haber.

On point: From dancer to defence hawk

After injury but an end to her ballet career, Sophie Mayo went back to TAFE to finish her HSC because she left school in Year 10. Now she’s been awarded a prestigious scholarship to the US.

Joanna Panagopoulos

EXCLUSIVEEducation

Students praise St Paul’s College bullying penalties

Students of an elite University of Sydney college have praised the ‘harshness and gravity’ of the college’s response to a ‘serious bullying’ incident.

Joanna Panagopoulos

EXCLUSIVENation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, NCA NewsWire, Saturday, 29 October 2022.Kamalle Dabboussy, father of one of the ISIS brides photographed speaking in Hyde Park , SydneyNSW Picture: NCA NewsWire / Monique Harmer

Islamic council mired in harassment dispute

A legal battle at Australia’s peak Islamic council is heating up.

Joanna Panagopoulos

Western NSWNation

DAILY TELEGRAPH 24TH OCTOBER 2024Pictured is a power station on Pinnacles Road at Broken Hill in far west NSW.Broken Hill has experienced major power outages following a storm that destroyed power infrastructure outside Broken Hill.Picture: Richard Dobson

Blackout ‘a green power warning’

The mayor of Broken Hill has warned federal and state governments to learn from the experience of his town beset by blackouts as residents were told to switch off their solar panels.

Joanna Panagopoulos and Alexi Demetriadi

end of tourNation

Britain's King Charles III during their official departure from Australia at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport in Sydney, Wednesday, October 23, 2024. King Charles III and Queen Camilla will fly to Samoa to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING

It’s a royal wrap as Charles dons shades for Samoa

King Charles and Queen Camilla boarded a Royal Australian Air Force plane and waved goodbye following a whirlwind five-day tour.

Joanna Panagopoulos

ROYAL OUTBURSTNation

Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe stages a protest as Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla attend a Parliamentary reception in Canberra, Australia - 21 Oct 2024. Victoria Jones/Pool via REUTERS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Thorpe rails against ‘colonial structures’ but has no issue with Chairman’s Lounge

Lidia Thorpe has racked up thousands of dollars in taxpayer-funded interstate travel since entering parliament, and Peter Dutton says there is a ‘strong argument’ for her to resign after her tirade at King Charles.

Rhiannon Down, Geoff Chambers and Joanna Panagopoulos

Packed scheduleNation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 22, 2024: King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend the NSW PremierÃs Community BBQ at Parramatta Park on the final day of their Australian tour. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

A poignant audience with Barbecue King in a neighbourhood so close to his heart

King Charles and Queen Camilla were greeted by a perfect Sydney day and enthusiastic locals across the city on their final full day in Australia.

Joanna Panagopoulos

medical breakthroughHealth

The AustralianNewsWorld-first human clinical trial to cure paralysis Professor James St John and his team in their lab. Present will also be Perry Cross, head of the spinal research foundation who helped them raise $5m for the trial. He became a C2 ventilated quadriplegic after a rugby accident in 1994.L-R in the Clem Jones centre for Neurobiology and Stem Cell ResearchJames St JohnAndrea StandkeJoshua InglesPerry CrossNegin Borzooee MoghadamJasmine KaurShah HussainJackson ElmsRonak Reshamwala

World-first spinal trial offers hope to paralysed

Australian scientists will launch an ambitious bid to restore movement in patients with paralysis by surgically implanting a patient’s own cells into the site of their spinal cord injury.

Natasha Robinson and Joanna Panagopoulos

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