Photos of the week, August 27, 2020
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Lifeguards ds keep watch at Bondi Beach ahead of warmer weather this weekend. Credit:Wolter Peeters
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RFS firefighter Jade Garrett from Killara brigade during hazard reduction burns in Westleigh, in northern Sydney.Credit:Nick Moir
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Snowboarders at Perisher after a recent dump of snow.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Joan Pirovic, 19, is a second year certificate 3 TAFE student in commercial cookery. She is also an apprentice chef with Apprenticeship Careers Australia hosted at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Hawkesbury. An exclusive NSW Business Camber of Commerce (Business NSW) report on 5000 young people that highlights mental health concerns for young people during COVID. Credit:Dylan Coker
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Oberon during a heavy snowfall overnight and this morning on the NSW Central Tablelands.Credit:Nick Moir
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Passengers wear masks at Central Station to stop the spread of Covid-19 in Sydney.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Karlie Noon has been appointed the Sydney Observatory's first astronomy ambassador. Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Premier Gladys Berejiklian, holds a joint press conference with Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott, RFS Commissioner Rob Rogers and Commissioner of Resilience NSW Shane Fitzsimmons in respond to the NSW Bushfire Inquiry Report, at RSF Head Quarters, Sydney Olympic Park.Credit:Jessica Hromas
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Gridlock on the Harbour Bridge approaches from the north after an earlier accident that resulted in the death of one person.Credit:Nick Moir
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Christie Meischke and her daughter Olive, how'll be starting school next year and won't be doing an orientation due to COVID restrictions.Credit:Nick Moir
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Senator Penny Wong during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese holds up his Rabbitohs tie during his address to the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Softmed makes medical grade face masks, do testing in the laboratory. Credit:Arsineh Houspian
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Twilight superfan, Taylor Cole, who's also the store's manager of Berkelouw Books, Paddington, Sydney.Credit:Jessica Hromas
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Buses transport 366 guests in hotel quarantine at Travelodge in Surry Hills, Sydney, to another location, after it was determined their current location not suitable. Credit:James Brickwood
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Buses transport 366 guests in hotel quarantine at Travelodge in Surry Hills, Sydney, to another location, after it was determined their current location not suitable. Credit:James Brickwood
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Incoming AMP Chair Debra Hazelton at their headquarters in Sydney. Credit:Louie Douvis
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Designers Lucy Hinkfuss (Ten Pieces), Adrian Norris (Aje), Jac Hunt (Jac + Jack), Edwina Robinson (Aje), Kelly Atkinson (Showroom X), Richard Poulson (Showroom X), Mary Lou Ryan (Bassike), Lisa Dempsey - (Jac + Jack), and Charlotte Hicks (Esse Studios). .Credit:Louie Douvis
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Nine shell casings lie on the ground at a shooting crime scene in Knoll Avenue, Turrella, Sydney. Credit:Janie Barrett
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Wang Xining, Deputy Head of Mission from the Chinese embassy in Australia, is served Tajima wagyu rump from the Liverpool Plains of NSW with pearl barley, during his address to the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison with fogged glasses while wearing a mask, during a visit to Datapod, a data centre facility, in Canberra.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Sydney has become a ghost city due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, Rob Stokes with Minister for Energy and Environment, Matthew Kean release of Cumberland Plan Management Plan, St Helens Park.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Ahmad Awik, Nasser Farache and Sam Oweck, went to the scene of a fatal boat accident at Bradleys Head, Sydney, in 2008. Two of them are now receiving bravery medals. Ahmad was not eligible because he is not an Australian citizen. Credit:Janie Barrett
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in his office at Parliament House in Canberra.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Hamish McLeod, Store Manager at Strand Hatters in the Sydney CBD, where foot traffic has dropped considerably. Credit:James Brickwood
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An empty Sydney CBD during lunchtime. Credit:James Brickwood
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The new member for Eden-Monaro, Kristy McBain, at Parliament House in Canberra.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts Paul Fletcher during Question Time at Parliament House in CanberraCredit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Chris McCann at his home in Burrawang, NSW. Chris is a whistleblower at icare and after two years in the job left in 2018 after being bullied out and became suicidal. Chris a former homicide detective went to icare to set up systems to detect fraud, corruption and compliance. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A man wearing a face mask to protect themselves against COVID-19, in Liverpool, Sydney.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Year 12 students Jacinta Smith, Ahlia Suckling, Georgia Densley, Kathryn Burke, and Olympia Mullany, at Scholastica's College, in Glebe, have received a Covid badge for doing their HSC in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Snowboarders at Perisher enjoy fresh powder after a dump of snow over the weekend.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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David Warner and members of the Men's Australian National Cricket Team prepare to leave Sydney Domestic Terminal for a tour of One Day and Limited Over matches in the UK. Credit:James Alcock
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NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler in a street lined with apartment buildings that may be subjected to inspections from 1st of September, 2020. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Berry's Bay residents and 'Say No To Noakes' action group members Michael Stevens and Karen Foster, in a battle between the Noakes boatyard and residents of McMahons point over air/water pollution and plans for a large new dry dock at the boatyard. Credit:Wolter Peeters
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New research showing people are praying more and turning to religion more during COVID-19. The Stringer family have been praying more. They do bible devotions and pray together and say they have been doing this more now during COVID, at a time they haven't been able to go to church. Pictured are Eleanor, Lucy, Katie, Andrew and William Stringer. 22nd August 2020 Photo: Steven SiewertCredit:Steven Siewert
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Drive thru testing at full capacity at Bondi Beach. Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Assitant Treasurer and Minister for Housing Michael Sukkar and Liberal MP Tim Wilson during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian at Greenway Park in West Hoxton during a COVID-19 update. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Member for Mallee, Anne Webster, Senator Bridget McKenzie and Senator Perin Davey speak to the media about border closures, at Parliament House in Canberra.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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Treasurer Dominic Perrottet and Minister for Transport and Roads Andrew Constance during an announcement on new commuter car parks. Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Australian costume associate Jude Loxley with costumes for Hamilton at the Sydney Costume Workshop. Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Waverley Cemetery, Sydney.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Balmain and Concord junior rugby teams go head to head at St Luke Oval at Concord.Credit:Jessica Hromas
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Nakkiah Lui has been given her own publishing imprint at Allen and Unwin.Credit:Renee Nowytarger
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Hally Baker, deputy and Ella Berckelman, school captain, in front of one of the art projects/exhibitions they did. The students run a school prefect account which they used to keep the school community engaged, especially during lockdown.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Bryan Brown at the Riverview Hotel in Balmain.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Peter Poulet, Prof. Of Practice, Architecture at University of Western Sydney, in front of one of several architect designed Olympic Amenities Buildings at Homebush. Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Declan Clarke, 23, speaks to his fiance via facetime in his bedroom at home. His fiance is in Russia and they have until November to get married or they they will lose their money and their visa. Their applications to enter the country on compelling and compassionate grounds have been rejected multiple times. He is depressed and feels hopeless as a result of Australia's polices.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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St Joseph's College rugby fields, Augustine Street, Hunters Hill. Parents and spectators standing on ute trays, to see over the wall and watch rugby practice matches while maintaining distancing rules due to Coronavirus.Credit:Steven Siewert
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Gary Armstrong, Head Sommelier at Mr Wong in Sydney's CBD, holding a bottle of Chinese wine - Ao Yun 2013 from the Yunnan Province, which costs $1,000.Credit:James Brickwood
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Waverley Cemetery, Bronte.Credit:James Brickwood
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Acting Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly address the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Bagel Co. founder Barry Kluwgant at his new Surry Hills store.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Year 12 student Solomon Akama is in the rugby league program at Westfield Sports High. During the pandemic the Schoolboys' Cup was postponed, competitions were called off and training sessions were often cancelled. He tore his hamstring due to the lack of exercise in early June.Credit:Jessica Hromas
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Chelsea Dunn the manager of the Balmain junior rugby team ensures all parents sign into the Covid-19 safety app at St Luke Oval at Concord, where Balmain and Concord junior teams are playing against one another.Credit:Jessica Hromas
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Snow on the fire hit regions of Clarence in the Blue mountains.Credit:Nick Moir
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HSC students, Lucy Karis and Grace Phelan, have been friends since primary school, and despite going to different high schools they study together in the granny flat in Grace's back yard in Bundeena. Credit:Janie Barrett