Rita Panahi Bio | Wiki
Rita Panahi is an American-born Australian right-wing opinion columnist. She works for The Herald and Weekly Times (HWT), a subsidiary of News Corp Australia. Rita is also the host of The Friday Show on Sky News and is a contributor to Sunrise on the Seven Network. She is on the radio at 3AW and 2GB.
Previously, she wrote for the daily free commuter newspaper mX, writing a weekly sports gossip column. Rita’s column was picked up for a second year and by 2007 she was a regular guest on the AM sports radio station SEN. She earned her MBA from Swinburne.
Rita Panahi Age
Rita was born in 1976, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States. She is 46 years old.
Rita Panahi Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 4 in (Approx. 1.62 m).
Rita Panahi Family
She was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States, to her parents. Rita’s parents are Iranian. Her mother was a midwife and her father was an agricultural engineer. The family returned to Iran during her infancy, living on the coast and moving to Tehran by 1979. Rita’s mother worked for a hospital associated with the Shah during the Iranian Revolution.
Rita described her parents as “relaxed Muslims who were not particularly political”. However, her family was targeted by the Shia Islamist government of Ayatollah Khomeini. In 1984, they were accepted by Australia as refugees and lived in Melbourne.
Rita Panahi Husband
Rita is a woman who enjoys her life and career, but, keeps her marital status private. She has a son whose identity is not known to the public. She revealed how having her son has helped shape her views on abortion.
Rita has also not revealed the name of her son’s father. Her decision to become a parent also demonstrated her strength as a human and a mother. She left her safe banking job at the age of 31 to become a mother.
Rita Panahi Education
She worked in banking while attending Monash University, studying but not completing a Bachelor of Business Finance. Rita joined Australian Young Labor and volunteered in the 1996 election campaign. She worked as a personal banker at Colonial Mutual and was the youngest branch manager in the company’s history. She has a child with an undisclosed father and was a single parent as of 2016.
Rita Panahi Herald
Rita currently serves as a right-wing opinion columnist for the Herald. In September 2007, she began working for the Herald Sun, published by the Herald and Weekly Times (HWT). This is a subsidiary of News Corp Australia. Rita is also a regular guest on Sky News and Sunrise on the Seven Network. She is also a radio commentator on 3AW and 2GB.
In March 2018, Panahi began hosting The Friday Show on Sky News Live. Previously, she wrote for the daily free commuter newspaper mX, writing a weekly sports gossip column. Rita’s column was picked up for a second year and by 2007 she was a regular guest on the AM sports radio station SEN.
Rita Panahi Politics
Rita has claimed that she was previously in favor of republicanism but now supports retaining the Monarchy of Australia, arguing that monarchy is a flawed system but “the reality is that it works for Australia. She has also expressed opposition to the views of the Australian Republican Movement’s chairman Peter FitzSimons.
She agreed with an assessment made by former Senator David Leyonhjelm that debates over the monarchy are a non-issue for average Australians but one obsessively pushed by republicans.
Ahead of the 2020 United States Presidential election, Rita maintained that while she had some disagreements and reservations about Donald Trump, she favored his re-election and argued that a Trump victory would be more beneficial to Australian national security over a Biden presidency.
Rita Panahi Salary
She serves as a right-wing opinion columnist for The Herald and Weekly Times (HWT). Therefore, she earns a decent income. Rita’s average salary is $78,654 per year.
Rita Panahi Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Rita’s estimated net worth is $960,658.
Who Is Rita Panahi
Rita is a 46-year-old American-born Australian right-wing opinion columnist. She works for The Herald and Weekly Times (HWT), a subsidiary of News Corp Australia. Rita is also the host of The Friday Show on Sky News and is a contributor to Sunrise on the Seven Network.