Fairfax photos of the week - August 2, 2018
33 ImagesA week in photos from award winning Fairfax photographers for the week ending August 2, 2018.
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A man soaks up the winter sun on a warm August day in Dee Why, Sydney. Photo: Janie Barrett
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Australian playwright H Lawrence Sumner, in Sydney for the premier of his play The Long Forgotten Dream at The Opera House.Photo: James Brickwood
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Cordeaux Dam as water levels continue to drop, which is currently at 41.9% and has dropped 1.8% in the past week.Photo: Nick Moir
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Nanoleaf co-founder Christian Yan.Photo: Simon Schluter
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Anna Nguyen, Jemima McDonald, Shirley Yeung, Alissa Gabriel, Emma crisp at the Marble Bar, Sydney Hilton. Competing in the Speed Rack, the all-female speed bartending competition raising money to fight breast cancer.Photo: Louise Kennerley
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Abdullah Zalghanah, 39, from Syria, in front of his restaurant 'Middle East Feast' in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Abdullah spent 8 months in the Australian detention centre on Christmas Island and 2 years and 3 months on Nauru. He was resettled in Cambodia 1 year and 9 months ago and has not seen his family in 6 years. Photo: Kate Geraghty
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Elizabeth Younan is a composer who just completed her Masters at the University of Sydney Conservatorium. She is the first Australian woman, and second Australian in history, to be selected for the United States' most selective music program - the Curtis Institute of Music that only accepts 4% of applicants each year. Photo: Louie Douvis
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Minister for Rural Health, Sport and Regional Communications Bridget McKenzie addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra.Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
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Local Maroubra surfer Jake Feher taking part in competition at the State Junior Surfing Titles at Maroubra Beach.Photo: James Alcock
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Nauen Lee, 9, with her work 'My pretty mum'. Winners of the 2018 Young Archie competition with their work at the Art Gallery of NSW.Photo: Anna Kucera
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Andy Dexterity at the Sydney Fringe Festival 2018 media call in Kings Cross.Photo: Steven Siewert
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Collingwood footballer Jaidyn Stephenson with four premiership trophies they have won against Richmond.Photo: Justin McManus
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Dick Grabsky leaves the Magistrates court in Melbourne.Photo: Darrian Traynor
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Mal Meninga arrives at the NRL Immortals night at the SCG.Photo: Nick Moir
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Courtney Topic's parents, Leesa and Ron Topic, fight back tears as they speak to the media outside the NSW coroners court, after the findings into her death.Photo: Jessica Hromas
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Kim, a World of Warcraft superfan, is planning a Warcraft-themed wedding. World of Warcraft is almost 15 years old and is about to release yet another massive expansion.Photo: Louise Kennerley
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Skiers and snowboarders heading up the Interceptor chairlift during a low visibility morning at Perisher.Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
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Two humpback whales breach off Nobbys beach, Newcastle.Photo: Marina Neil
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The new Catholic archbiship Peter Comensoli.Photo: Eddie Jim
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Zanny Begg with her film " Beehive" at the ACMI, Melbourne.Photo: Eddie Jim
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Actor Neil Pigot talks about the challenges facing performers including poor physical and mental health.Photo: Simon Schluter
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Portrait of Shane Rattenbury, ACT Minister for Climate Change, in Canberra.Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
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Angela Williamson lost her job at Cricket Australia following tweets she made about womens' reproductive rights. Photo: Peter Mathew
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Kandal Provincial Governor Mao Phirun the first person to cast his vote at the Kandal Provincial Teacher Training School in Hun Sen's hometown, Takhmao in Cambodia, to vote in the general election.Photo: Kate Geraghty
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Retired signaller Bob Scott inside the old Sydney Rail signal box in Redfern which will be closed and replaced by a new one at Homebush.Photo: Wolter Peeters
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Captains Flat old mines office built in the 1890s and has only been for sale once in the mid-1960s is on the market. One of the last living miners Brian Dumbrell revisits the site.Photo: Karleen Minney
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Real Estate agent Stephanie Dunn stands by Mission offices and the Leigh Memorial Church, Parramatta Missions Uniting Church, in Parramatta. Stephanie has developed a national initiative with Parramatta Mission for real estate agents to help confront domestic violence.Photo: Jessica Hromas
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Dave Gilham, an investor in Great Southern which collapsed 10 years ago and people are still suffering. Photo: Anna Kucera
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Approximately 250,000 people gather for the Cambodian People's Party Rally on the last day of campaigning in Phnom Penh.Photo: Kate Geraghty
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Mam Sonando holds up 6 fingers the number of his party, the Beehive Social Democratic Party, at his headquarters outside Phnom Penh.Photo: Kate Geraghty
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Orla Berkery, 4, plants shrubs at Arthur Paddy Gray Reserve.Photo: Brook Mitchell
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An aircraft flies overhead as fire crews work to bring a blaze under control at The General Gordon Hotel in Sydenham.Photo: Jessica Hromas
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25 years of the Brandenburg Orchestra. Youngest member of the orchestra Natalia Harvey who plays the violin. Photo: Steven Siewert