Photos of the week, July 30, 2020
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Testing hours have been extended at Bondi's Covid-19 testing clinic due to increased demand. Credit:Brook Mitchell
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Black Lives Matter organiser, Paddy Gibson, is moved on by the Police after breaching the public health order act.Credit:Nick Moir
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Ayeesha Ash, the Artistic Director and co-founder of the Sydney based Black Birds Creative Arts Co. and Comedian Victoria Zerbst are performing at the Sydney Fringe Festival.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Heavy surf conditions created by an east coast low threaten to further damage Terrigal beach at Wamberal.Credit:Nick Moir
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Sinead Simpkins has been struggling to get full time work, especially during the Coronavirus pandemic. Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Guy Anderson, 78, on his property 'Oakdale' that joins the back of the site of the proposed ethanol project in Moama, NSW. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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The site of the now closed Kentucky Fried Chicken in Deniliquin.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Testing carried out at a pop-up COVID-19 testing clinic at Rushcutters Bay in Sydney .Credit:Brook Mitchell
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Coastal erosion damage at Narrabeen Beach due to violent surf as an east coast low hits the NSW coast.Credit:Nick Moir
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Terrigal Beach at Wamberal on NSW Central Coast. An east coast low has started to bring powerful and large surf conditions to an already badly damaged coastline.Credit:Nick Moir
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Bondi Surf Bather's Life Saving Club in Sydney's east has close after four of its members dined at The Apollo restaurant at Potts Point.Credit:Louie Douvis
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Craig Donarski, director of the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, said it was often forgotten that western Sydney is so much bigger than Parramatta, and that funding needed to be pushed out to the region's edges. Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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Fort Street High School in Petersham is closed on Thursday after it was advised of a possible COVID-19 case. The results of that person's test will be confirmed while the school will undertake deep cleaning in the meantime. Credit:Steven Siewert
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A nail salon employee at a Sydney nail salon inside the Westfield Hurstville shopping centre worked two days while infectious with COVID-19.Credit:Brook Mitchell
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Sarah Gregory, the supervising archivist at the NSW State Archives, looks at some documents and correspondence in the archives.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Fariha Karim Masha is a single mother of 5-year-old Odhora and 3-year-old Mayabee. She gets $88 parenting payment fortnightly and had to go to part-time work in February because her 5yo daughter has ASD and her specialist school has no after care. She doesn't know how she will cope after September as the budget is already very tight.Credit:Steven Siewert
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A pop-up COVID-19 testing clinic at Rushcutters Bay in Sydney.Credit:Brook Mitchell
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Head nurse Sorcha Thornton tests a driver for Covid-19 at the free Bondi Beach drive though St Vincent's clinic.Credit:Jessica Hromas
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Bruce Maynard, whose grandmother and great aunt planted peppercorn trees at the Narromine Golf Course in the 1920's believes the trees are dying because of the spraying of Diuron on nearby cotton farms.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Police carry the body of 33 year old woman Najma Carroll who was found dead in an area near Sandy Point Quarry in the bush land near Menai, Sydney.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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Renata Bernard, in her store, Opal Minded, in The Rocks, an area that is suffering because of the lack of tourists due to the coronavirus pandemic.Credit:Janie Barrett
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The Apollo restaurant in Potts Point became the fourth Sydney restaurant and the second in the inner-city suburb forced to close this week.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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Police were out in force to break up the Black Lives Matter protest held in The Domain.Credit:Jessica Hromas
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A truck is recovered from a sinkhole on Bay Rd, Double Bay. Credit:Dylan Coker
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Up to 50 cars with people waiting in line to be tested at the the free St Vincent Bondi Beach drive through Covid-19 test clinic.Credit:Jessica Hromas
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Manager of Aquatics Inner West council Simon Duck at the Ashfield Aquatic Centre construction site. Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Fogo Brazilia franchisees, Amelia and Luis Dominguez.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Sean Ferns and Rose Gates inside their home on Emma Street in Leichhardt. Sean and Rose are very concerned about the WestConnex tunneling in their area and the possible damage to their home and the water table. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Australian Museum new chief scientist Professor Kris Helgen and Museum director Kim McKay with specimens from the USA Typhus Commission. Professor Kris Helgen says natural history museums genetic collections past and future are vital in the fight against virus pandemics.Credit:James Brickwood
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Potts Point, SydneyCredit:Dominic Lorrimer
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Low cloud hang over the city on a cold, wet day. Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Dutch backpacker, Sietse Peer, at YHA Sydney Harbour, is staying by himself in a room that can take up to four backpackers.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Rituals continue : parents gather to watch Saturday morning sport at Queens Park ovals.Credit:Steven Siewert
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A large silver mine is being built less than 2km from the township of Lue on the hills behind. Tom Combes is the president of the Lue Action group in opposition to the mine.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Byron Bay Lets go surfing Blake Whittaker with Byron surfers Jade Stewart and Ebony Conrick. Due to Covid-19, businesses suffering in Byron Bay, due to lack of international tourists. Credit:Danielle Smith
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Chloe McArdel is the Sydney cross-channel swimmer who has done 31 crossings, and is aiming for another four to break the most crossings of 34 by a male.Credit:James Brickwood
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Spectacular dawn at south Avalon. Credit:Nick Moir
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Campaigner Charles MacKenzie who has represented other Australians infected by contaminated blood with viruses such as HIV and Hepatitis.Credit:James Alcock
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Artist Giselle Stanborough amongst her new, immersive gallery exhibition called Cinopticon, to show when Carriageworks reopens its doors on Friday, August 7.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Kalisha Glover who is studying a Bachelor of Creative intelligence and innovation and communications at UTS.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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Nine presenter Peter Overton with Mel Eustace, 34, with Down Syndrome is a Softballer. Peter has been a proud Ambassador of Special Olympics Australia for well over a decade and during that time he has struck up a beautiful relationship with Mel. Like many industries and organisations, Covid-19 has hit Special Olympics Australia especially hard.Credit:James Brickwood