Fairfax photos of the week - May 24, 2018
37 ImagesA week in photos from award winning Fairfax photographers for the week ending May 24, 2018.
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Enroute air traffic controller Kristen Roe tells me she worked at an accounting firm. Another worked as a speech pathologist. “I came to a bit of a crossroads in my career,” Ms Roe says. “So thought I’d give it a go. It’s quite a long process, more than a year. But I love it.”Photo: Jason South
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Multiple exposure of Lynda Roylance, 57 year old from Elizabeth Bay, is in a harness at the Neura lab participating in a study by Professor Stephen Lord, where by the floor she walks on deliberately trips her or makes her slip. Falls are a huge problem and cost to the system as the aged population increases. A range of studies are looking at why we fall and how to prevent it. Photo: Jessica Hromas
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Lane Cove resident Ron Gornall is concerned about increasing density and would like a pause in development in the North Shore. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
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ACT Parks and Conservation Service wildlife officers Nicole Hill, Hannah Waterhouse, Rachael Loneragan, and Lisa Steindler record data from a brush-tailed rock-wallaby during a monitoring exercise in Tidbinbilla nature reserve.Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong
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Treasurer Scott Morrison during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra.Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
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The 1000 Cranes light installation lit up on George Street near The Rocks for the Vivid Light Festival.Photo: Wolter Peeters
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David Ututaonga at his bedsit in Erskineville. David was employed most of his life and living in the Eastern suburbs until he lost his job because his employers wanted to hire someone younger. Photo: Wolter Peeters
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Sydney Light Rail being constructed in Randwick.Photo: Janie Barrett
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A body was found at 5am on North Cronulla Beach. Photo: John Veage
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Hanna Torsh and her daughter Lena at their rental home in Campsie in Sydney. Hanna and her family were forced to move after having their previous lease terminated on no grounds. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
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AFL Women's Western Bulldogs coach Paul Groves used vulnerability to prime players.Photo: Simon Schluter
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Action at the Rock and Roll wrestling event at the Snake Pitt in Gwynneville. Photo: Adam McLean
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Linda and Cassius hanging out in a telephone booth on La Trobe st. With the advent of mobile phones making phone booths mostly redundant; Linda and Cassie have re-purposed the phone booth as shelter/refuge from a particularly windy Melbourne night.Photo: Justin McManus
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Belmont High School PE teacher Brett Lambkin leads his year 10 girls class Lily Robson, Christy du Plessis, Sky Brunner, Cordelia Disney, Brett Lambkin, and Shai-Lee Reeves, through basketball drills at the school. A study shows behaviour clusters in teenagers which put them at risk later in life. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
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BHP Billiton Foundation Science and Engineering Award winner Oliver Nicholls, 19, has taken home the top prize and $US75,000 as winner of the Gordon E. Moore Award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair announced in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photo: Louie Douvis
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VIVID: The Harbour Bridge lit up for the Vivid Light Festival. Photo: Wolter Peeters
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Liberal MP Andrew Hastie during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Mr Hastie told Parliament on Tuesday night that an unindicted co-conspirator named in FBI documents as “CC-3” was Mr Chau, who is one of Australia’s most generous political donors, having given about $4 million to the major parties over many years.Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
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Milly Gerstle, Ginette Villasmil and Kripa Krithivasan, in front of Sydney Town Hall steps. The three women are concerned about the welfare of other females safety at this location. Photo: James Alcock
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Senator Michaelia Cash during a Senate Estimates hearing at Parliament House in Canberra.Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
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A group of Camels on Kenilworth Station near Byrock , between Nyngan and Bourke . The Camel farm plans to milk the animals which produce a milk very high in insulin. Photo: Nick Moir
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Senator Penny Wong questions Commissioner of the AEC Tom Rogers during a senate estimates committee at Parliament House in Canberra.Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
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Shark named PJ at Taronga Zoo as part of Vivid.Photo: Christopher Pearce
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Camille Usher and her daughter Millie Muir, 9, outside Bondi Public School. Camille is part of a group of about 5500 parents calling for a new school in Bondi Junction.Photo: Louise Kennerley
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Simbu the tree kangaroo settles in at the National Zoo & Aquarium during tree kangaroo awareness week (he was formerly at the Currumbin sanctuary on the gold coast).Photo: Karleen Minney
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Flight Centre founders Geoff Harris, Graham Skroo Turner and Bill James.Photo: Louie Douvis
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Canberra basketball player Chima Moneke will declare for the NBA draft. Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong
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Trumpet player Jack Howard in Redfern, Sydney.Photo: Steven Siewert
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Mahmoud Chanukah, 14, has his hair done by his school mates Mahoud Zreika, 14, and Adam Kanj, 15, at Granville Boys Hight school, which has started barber and grooming skills in term 2 for boy at risk of dropping out of school.Photo: Jessica Hromas
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Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce addresses the media during a doorstop interview on live export, at Parliament House in Canberra.Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
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Felix, 7, and Sophia, 9, Cook school students, using trampolining as a behaviour management tool. Photo: Louise Kennerley
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The SMH Half Marathon in Sydney.Photo: Brook Mitchell
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Monarchists Laura Smith, Mark Salmon and Satya Marar are preparing to celebrate as they watch the Royal Wedding.Photo: Wolter Peeters
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Dr Mark Dean, GP and an asthmatic who was hit hard by the flu last year. People with asthma re high risk for getting really crook with the flu and have access to a free flu jab. Photo: Louise Kennerley
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra.Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
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Tulia Roqara has been paid about $8 an hour picking tomatoes at a farm near Shepparton, working 7 days a week. She has also suffered some serious health issues from exposure to chemicals. Photo: Eddie Jim
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Dental Therapist, Jennifer James, wants Oberon Council to agree to let fluoride be added to the town water, in NSW. Photo: Janie Barrett
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Indie musician Vera Blue / Celia Pavey.Photo: Louie Douvis