Photos of the week, February 20, 2020
34 ImagesA week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald / The Age / Financial Review photographers.
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Carla Zampatti with Quentin Bryce at her Woollahra home. Zampatti is launching her own magazine to celebrate 55 years in the fashion business.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Manager Good Luck Hotpot, Jack Chen, manager in his empty restaurant due to the coronavirus affecting the restaurant industry, particularly Chinese restaurants.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Climbing wall under the Monash Freeway in Burnley.Credit:Justin McManus
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Richard Howells and Steven Robinson One of Victoria's last old fashioned goods auction houses, Kerleys Auction Rooms, founded in 1910, is closing next month.Credit:Jason South
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Bidders at Kerleys auction house. One of Victoria's last old fashioned goods auction houses, Kerleys Auction Rooms, founded in 1910, is closing next month.Credit:Jason South
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Australian cricketer and eating disorders survivor, Sarah Coyte, is also a personal trainer and welcomes the new guidelines for the fitness industry for eating disorders.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Storms, as seen from Mona Vale, blow into Sydney.Credit:Nick Moir
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Comedians Wil Anderson and Geraldine Hickey outside Melbourne Town Hall. Credit:Eddie Jim
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Sydney Symphony Orchestra will commission 50 works from emerging composers in effort to diversify its repertoire. Violist Rosemary Curtin, Kees Boersma - Principal Double Bass; composers Liza Lim and Connor D'Netto.Credit:Peter Braig
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Drag queen Hannah Conda attempts to read to Inara Russell, Nell Tordoff, Ava Nugent and Lilah Nugent, in Darlinghurst, Sydney.Credit:Janie Barrett
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, NSW education Minister Sarah Mitchell and the NSW Member for Parramatta Geoff Lee visit the new Arthur Philip High School in Parramatta.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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Peter Frazer's daughter Sarah died during a horrific breakdown waiting on the side of the Hume Highway. After years of lobbying Sarahs law was enacted in NSW. Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Dorothy Symons, the Greens on Campus Convenor, at the University of Sydney.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Ian Macdonald arrives at the Supreme Court of NSW.Credit:Renee Nowytarger
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Susan Cooper with her three greyhounds Rory, Lucy-Lou and Mar-Lee at their Gold Coast home. She admits she is obsessed about the dogs. βIt was something more than the normal love people have for their dogs,β she says. Credit:Paul Harris
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Chibuikem Collins Osuigwe and Obianuju Amanda Nwoye just got married along with 61 other couples at Manly Surf Club.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Portrait of Australian boxer Tim Tszyu, photographed at his gym in Rockdale. Credit:James Brickwood
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Pip Edwards and Claire Tregoning. PE Nation will be the first Australian brand to do a collection for H&M.Credit:Nick Moir
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Amber Jackson, with her son, Monte. Amber grew up in the Amazon Acres Women's Commune in Northern NSW and is one of the speakers at the All About Women Festival in Sydney.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Kween Kibone and band rehearsing in Marrickville. Kween is one of a number of artists and producers pitching for grants to hold events to revive the city's nightlife.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Gerry Connelly in character as the Queen which he has been playing for 40 years.Credit:Nick Moir
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Dr Harry Nespolon of Neutral Bay Medical Practice pretends to take a throat swab which is how the Coronavirus can be detected. Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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Kealy Fouracre stands amid the burnt out remains of her business, Clifton Dance Studio, which was destroyed by the fire at San Remo Ballroom, in North Carlton.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Melbourne art collectors spearhead unprecedented assembly of works by some of the world's biggest street art names to raise funds for bushfire relief at Leonard Joel. Original works from high-profile local and international artists including Shepard Fairey, Rone, Swoon, Anthony Lister, D*Face, Adnate, Ron English, Dabs Myla and Hush will be auctioned off, with price estimates ranging from $500 to $20,000.Credit:Justin McManus
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A police officer gets into the spirit of things at the Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Fair Day at Victoria Park, Sydney.Credit:James Alcock
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Donna Combe visiting her Conjola Park home, she has an Accute Porphyria disability and lost her house during recent fires. Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Roberto Lastica from St Joachim's parish in Lidcombe has come across numerous cases of modern slavery within the Filippino community.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Jessica Mauboy performs at the Fire Fight Australia bushfire relief concert at the ANZ Stadium.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Zahra Ahmed holding her son Ibrahim in al Hawl camp in North East Syria. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Vida Mikneviciute in costume for new production of Salome from state's premier opera company, Melbourne.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Academic high achiever and Victorian SRC member Kalina Page from Upwey High School.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Greig Pickhaver (aka HG Nelson).Credit:Louie Douvis
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David Slater is a member of the Lion's Pride Holden Car Club. He is angry that General Motors has announced they will stop producing Holden's from 2020. Credit:Jason South
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Jane and Tony Curran at their home in Bangalow for The Two of Us.Credit:Paul Harris