PoliticsQueensland MP posts ‘White Men Can Sprint’ after Lachlan Kennedy wins Commonwealth Games silver

Federal Coalition MP Llew O’Brien wrote that it was encouraging to see a “White Australian” win a sprinting medal after Lachlan Kennedy took 100m silver and set a national record in Glasgow. Opposition leader Angus Taylor congratulated all Australian athletes, while senator Lidia Thorpe said O’Brien’s comments fed a racist narrative. Kennedy finished behind Cameroon’s Emmanuel Eseme.

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