Photos of the week - May 23, 2019
21 ImagesA week in photos from award winning Sydney Morning Herald / The Age / Financial Review photographers.
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Jack Cowin, owner of Hungry Jacks. Credit:Louie Douvis
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Vivid media preview in the Royal Botanic Gardens. Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Anthony Albanese, Labor MP for Grayndler, departs after holding a press conference at Henson Park Oval in Marrickville regarding the Labor Party leadership.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Elise Edmonds, curator with new exhibition Dead Central at the State Library. Credit:Louise Kennerley
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John Valance, State Librarian with Alpacas at the State Library for National Simultaneous Storytime, Alpacas with Maracas.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott voting in his electorate of Warringah at Forestville primary school.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Artist, Shen Jiawei, who was granted asylum in Australia by Bob Hawke in 1989 after the Tiananmen Square massacre, in his studio in Bundeena, NSW.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Bill Shorten kisses Blanche d'Aluget after visiting her at her home following the news of Bob Hawkes death.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Scott Morrison donates a $10 note into a Salvation Army collection bucket. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg had just finished their meeting with RBA Governor, Philip Lowe at their headquarters in Martin Place and decided to walk back through the city to there Parliamentary offices in Bligh Street.Credit:Peter Rae
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Khalid Baker, who's in training for the Australian boxing title, was convicted of murder in 2008, but has always maintained his innocence. He served 13 years, and was released in October.Credit:Justin McManus
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23/05/19 Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang launches the NGV Winter Masterpieces at the NGV. Credit:Christopher Hopkins
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Former Victorian Premier Steve Bracks, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews share a beer, Hawke's Patio Ale, in memory of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, at the John Curtin Hotel in Melbourne, VictoriaCredit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Meredith Munro, 72, and neighbour Jason York, 70, are residents at The Quartets public housing estate, Port Melbourne and are campaigning to have solar panels built on the roof of their sheds.Credit:CHRISTOPHER HOPKINS
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Voters at Mount View Primary School in the electorate of Chisholm. Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Tim Rogers is taking his afternoon Double J radio show on the road.Credit:Jason South
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Sydney FC attacking midfielder Daniel De Silva.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Police and paramedics at Robertson lookout on Mt Keira where it's believed the body of a woman and child have been found. Credit:Adam Mclean
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The Age, MMag, 13/05/2019, photo by Justin McManus. Judith Lucy and La Mama Theatre Artistic Director & CEO Liz Jones Judith is the face of the fundraising campaign for La Mama theatre which burned down last year.
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Musician and DJ, Paul Mac.Credit:Louie Douvis
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Sayaka Nakamoto with daughter Mira Nakamoto, 5, wearing their face mask at their home in Altona.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
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Corangamite votes. Chris Leibhardt , 63, Civil Designer talks to The Age about the amount of money spent in the electorate to win their votes. Credit:Jason South