Panahi's Lavish Birthday, Sandilands' Deadline, ABC Shakeup

0:00Hey, it's Corey with Sydney News Today, your city, your news every day. Rita Panahi, a top news court commentator, marked her 50th birthday in style with a trip to Mar-a-Lago in a day on an 88-foot luxury yacht off Florida. She celebrated after hailing the death of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Kamene on her Sky News show. Her party featured caviar, private chefs, and the cake showing her riding a missile used in recent U.S. strikes. Earlier this week, Panahi shared Instagram stories from the quantest first-class lounge in the glitzy ballroom, though she flew economy. The yacht rental alone cost $25,000 a day. Her nightly show thrives on segments like lefties losing it, pulling in millions of online views by spotlighting over-the-top reactions from the left. Meanwhile, fans and critics see her growing use of edgy language as deliberate provocation, boosting her over 500,000 followers on X. Reports link this trend to figures in the manosphere, prioritizing clicks over concerns

1:02from disability advocates. Over radio, D-Day approaches for Kyle Sandelands and his show with Jackie O. He faces a 14-day deadline to fix an alleged contract breach after an on-air tirade against her in February. The Australian Communications and Media Authority is also set to rule next week on past decency violations for their stations. At the ABC, reporter Mark Willissey ended up in a viral video ranting about Sydney's street dining rules, filmed at a bar with his boss, head of Investigations, Joe Puccini. Separately, the network shifted its 730 program to a new division and hired veteran journalist Danny Isdale as host starting in June. This DNN story is thanks to our sponsor details in the description. It is a pillow that plays your podcasts and music without earbuds, built for listening in bed, S-O-L-I. S-O-L-I-P-L-O dot com.