Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

Of Australia's 18 gold medals, 13 of them were won by women. The women at this Olympics were incredible. Of our team, 55 per cent were women—a huge improvement on the zero women that were taken to the 1924 Paris Olympics. Nina Kennedy became the first Australian woman to win Olympic gold in a field event, Saya Sakakibara dominated on BMX and Arisa Trew, a Cairns local, ruled from the skateboard. I can't wait to see these two Queenslanders at Brisbane 2032. Seven of the gold medals were won in the pool and six of these medals were won by women. Emma McKeon has now overtaken Ian Thorpe with the most gold medals of an Australian athlete in Olympics history. We are making record investments in women's sport, but the impact that each of the 256 women athletes have had on the future of women's sport is worth more than any financial investment.