Fairfax photos of the week - April 12, 2018
37 ImagesA week in photos from award winning Fairfax photographers for the week ending April 12, 2018. Follow us on Twitter @photosSMH and @theage_photo
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Surfers enjoy sunrise at Maroubra Beach, Sydney.Photo: Louise Kennerley
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Caleb, 5, was born at the Royal Women's with a twisted bowel, it wasn't treated properly until it was too late, and now Caleb will be fed through a tube for the rest of his life. Seen here in his room which is full of medical equipment to keep him alive. Mum Sarah Wayu says hospital staff need to listen to parents when it comes to their instincts about their kids. Photo: Jason South
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, and ministers Josh Frydenberg (Energy, Resources and Environment) and Michaelia Cash (Jobs and innovation) and AGL CEO Andy Vessy annouce joint project with Japan to develop and export Hydrogen fuel made from brown coal in the La Trobe Valley. Photo: Justin McManus
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An early morning dust storm covering Melbourne. Photo: Paul Jeffers
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Bird keeper Gerry Portelli owns finches at his Sans Souci home. New pet shop rules have unintended consequences and will make keeping a pet nearly impossible for many. Photo: Wolter Peeters
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Double exposure with a cognitive test. Prof Kaarin Anstey is the lead author of A rapidly ageing Australia: cognitive ageing and decline trends. Photo: Nick Moir
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"Campbell the Swaggie" travels the country moving between music and folk festivals where he performs his poetry recitials and story telling, keeping alive the traditions of the bush poets and swagman.Photo: Justin McManus
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A Ni-Vanuatu man gets ready to load copra onto a ship at the new wharf in Luganville on Santo island, Vanuatu.Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
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People queue for the free shuttle bus that's been put on by the private developers at Wentworth Point. Photo: Louise Kennerley
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Alexis Wright, author of Tracker Tilmouth, wins Stella Prize. Tracker's life seemed an impossible story to tell, almost too big to be contained in a single book but Wright pushed on because she felt Australia needed to hear what Tracker had to say. ''It is important. It involves the future of Aboriginal people and our culture.''Photo: Janie Barrett
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Federal prosecutors have dropped a fraud charge against iGrow's sole owner and director, Zahraa Saadi Majeed Lami, an unemployed Iraqi mother-of-three. And while they are still pursuing her for allegedly dealing with more than $1 million in proceeds of crime, the original charges referred to "other, unknown" perpetrators.Photo: Fairfax
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Damien MacRae, in the CBD. He has stage 4 melanoma. He is trying to encourage Aussie men to "man up" and use a #BROlly in the sun. "Ditto Aussie women need to "woman up" and use a #BROlly or #POWERsol in the sun. Photo: Louise Kennerley
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Grass Fire on Jim Hermiston's property in Brocklesby, NSW. Jim has lost his hay shed along with livestock and crop. NSWRFS work to help black out many fires still burning on his land.Photo: Mark Jesser
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People boarding boats in Vila Bay during sunset in Port Vila, Vanuatu.Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
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Hudson Richardson is auditioning for the part of Charlie Bucket in the Australian version of the musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Photo: Steven Siewert
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Comeptitors line up to tackle the hottest chillis they can handle during the Bank Hotel's 'Weekend of Chilli Festival' in Newtown. Photo: James Alcock
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Transport Minister Andrew Constance has criticised Acciona for 'ever-dwindling numbers of workers' along the 12-kilometre route of the light rail project along George street.Photo: Janie Barrett
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Premier Gladys Berejiklian made an announcement that five million new trees will be planted in Sydney. Photo: Louise Kennerley
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McKillop are developing a program to try and stop young people who live in residential care homes from being groomed by adult perpetrators, and also to stop child-to-child abuse within group homes. Mairi who has spent time in residential care.Photo: Justin McManus
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Hawthorn Paul Puopolo. Hawthorn v Geelong at the MCG. Photo: Eddie Jim
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Santo Harbor Master Terry Ngwele at the new wharf in Luganville on Santo island, Vanuatu.Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
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Bathers enjoy warm weather at Mahon Pool in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. Photo: James Alcock
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Action from day 3 of the Australian Four Day Enduro Race at Cessnock. Photo: Marina Neil
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Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Sports minister Stuart Ayres met with kids from Rainbow Street PS in Randwick to announce funding for community sports grounds. Photo: Nick Moir
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Semi-trailer trucks during morning peak hour drive along the Princes Highway through Tempe in Sydney. Photo: Kate Geraghty
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Match between the St George Illawarra Dragons and the Newcastle Knights at WIN stadium in Wollongong.Photo: Adam McLean
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Andrew Thorburn NAB CEO speaks at the Leadership Institute forum at Pyrmont, Sydney.Photo: Jessica Hromas
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Ni-Vanuatu children playing in the waters next to the new wharf in Luganville on Santo island, Vanuatu.Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
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State government working group formulating new standards regarding sexual harassment to apply across the arts and creative industries in Victoria. Kids being educated about cyber security by teachers Sarah Moran and Helen Sultana.Photo: Justin McManus
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Dramatic weather scenes from Port Melbourne.Photo: Paul Jeffers
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The Chinese embassy in Port Vila, Vanuatu.Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
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Investa Group Executive, Head of Commercial Development Mark Tate, in front of Investa's 60 Martin Place project which is under construction.Photo: Louise Kennerley
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Stockmen herding cattle at Milai farm on Santo island in Vanuatu.Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
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Frank Bates, President of Beverley Park Golf Club, with a line of trees that will be removed, due to age and inappropriate planting, in Sydney. Photo: Janie Barrett
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Southern Meat’s Goulburn abattoir has partnered with ReNu Energy to build a $5.75 million biogas facility to reuse the waste generated by the abattoir as a fuel source. Pictured is the enclosed effluent dam which produces the methane.Photo: Nick Moir
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Nathan Rosen 18 with his Baby Central bearded dragon.Photo: Nick Moir
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Teenagers dive off Tamarama and Bronte Beach, on a very hot Sydney day.Photo: Jessica Hromas
