Kaylee McKeown’s secret superpower in the pool
She’s only competed at one Olympic Games so far, but champion Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown already has three gold medals under her belt.
Aussie Swimming’s Golden Age
Swimming is our most successful Olympic sport, but this is our best team ever.
Australia beach volleyball team get taste of Paris Olympics venue beneath Eiffel Tower
Australia’s beach volleyballers dug their toes into the sand underneath the Eiffel Tower and then uttered words like “awesome”, “magical” and “amazing”.
Paris Olympics 2024: Australian swimmers arrive as ‘pressure’ for gold medals grows
The Dolphins are in Paris and the first message they received was one of support, acknowledging the pressure that is about to envelope what looms as Australia’s greatest swim team in history.
Famous Roar for an Oarsome Four
It was the question on everyone’s lips when the Oarsome Foursome, four years after claiming gold, set out to defend their place at the top of the podium in Atlanta in 1996. Andrew Cooper, Nick Green, Mike McKay and James Tomkins became household names when they beat the USA in the men’s coxless four at the 1992 Olympics.
Olympics, 2024: The families of Australian swimming who lead golden Olympics hopes at Paris | Daily Telegraph
The Australian swimming team has always referred to itself as one big, happy family. But at Paris, those family ties will run deeper than ever with four second-generation Olympic swimmers.
Gina Rinehart calls on Australians to act for the future of the country – here’s how
Australians should be constantly questioning our governments, are your policies going to lift our country up, or are they going to drag us down? Will your policies improve our living standards, or drag them down?
EDITORIAL: Nature Positive laws will sacrifice the economy for political zealots’ green doctrine
The letter sent to the Prime Minister, bypassing his Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek, was signed by seven of Australia’s biggest names in business, including Rio Tinto’s iron ore boss Simon Trott and Hancock Prospecting chief executive Garry Korte.
Nature Positive laws: Mining heavyweights urge PM to intervene on controversial environmental plan
Hancock Prospecting chief executive Garry Korte and Rio Tinto iron ore boss Simon Trott were among seven signatories to a letter to Mr Albanese detailing “serious concerns” with the planned shakeup of environmental laws and the closed-door consultation process used to design it.
‘More than smiles and flower caps’: Why artistic swimmers are Games’ fittest athletes
Australian artistic swimmer Kiera Gazzard has trained her whole life to compete at the Olympics; and is accustomed to patiently explaining her sport to the intrigued and the ill-informed.
Hancock ups stake in $5bn magnetite project
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting and its joint venture partners have put a $5 billion price tag on developing a major magnetite mine in the Yilgarn.
Australians should pressure all politicians to put us on the up path, says Gina Rinehart
Billionaire miner and investor Gina Rinehart wants Australians to keep their pressure up on politicians and says she uses only her influence to encourage policies which are clearly pro-Australia.
