King Kyle sits on throne of gold

Kyle Chalmers won the admiration of his countryman when he claimed the Olympic gold medal at Rio in 2016 while still a schoolboy. Now he is the world champion after his stunning victory in the men’s 100m freestyle at Fukuoka on Thursday. It was the one major title to have eluded him during his incredible career but now he has the full set: Olympic gold, Commonwealth Games gold, world shortcourse gold and now world championship gold.

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FUKUOKA FEAST FOR DOLPHINS WITH THREE GOLD, ONE SILVER

On a night that saw sprint king Kyle Chalmers savour his sweetest victory of all, the Dolphins continued their Fukuoka feast with Kaylee McKeown joining Chalmers and our relayers on top of the podium. Australia’s gold medal tally rose to nine – the nation’s most at any world titles since 2007. The Dolphins have also won three silver with three days of competition remaining.

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Worker shortages hit WA

“Job number one for Premier Cook is to fix Western Australia’s worst-in-the-nation worker shortage levels, which is stifling business performance and punishing customers,” Mr Davidson said. “We are calling on Premier Cook to lead the charge in National Cabinet to have discriminatory tax and red tape barriers that are preventing our pensioners, veterans, and students removed to alleviate this crisis and he deserves bipartisan support,” said Mr Davidson. “Removing unfair barriers on pensioners, veterans, and students is a no-regrets policy which will get more Australians who want to into work, more money into local economies, while increasing tax revenue, and providing a critical source of dignity and self-esteem to our most experienced Australians,” said Mr Davidson.

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Women’s Coxed Four ensure back-to-back Gold for Australia in Bulgaria

“Our three crews competing in the semi finals rowed magnificently, winning their races, which results in this team having all eight crews contesting A Finals. “We are excited about the racing on the final day. Just as all our crews have done throughout the regatta, we have little doubt they will race with courage, grit and determination.”

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