Photos of the week, September 3, 2020
40 ImagesA week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Australian Financial Review photographers.
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Claire Hudson, who runs a beauty parlor The Lash Studio, has been hit by Covid-19 downturn. Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Students at the University of Technology, Sydney, which has ranked in the top 200 universities in the world. Credit:Janie Barrett
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg during a press conference on National Accounts, at Parliament House in Canberra.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian during the daily COVID-19 briefing at Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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NSW Transport minister Andrew Constance during the roll out of one of the new Waratah inner city trains.Credit:Nick Moir
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NSW police forensics work at the crime scene on Runcorn Street, St Johns Park, where a shooting incident occurred Tuesday night at approximately 11:30pm. Several windows and cars were damaged at the home, where nine people were home at the time.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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NSW police walk in front of the unit, at the top right, where a bullet hole can be seen in the glass balcony barrier, on Columbine Avenue in Punchbowl. Emergency services were called to the home before 8:45pm Tuesday night, where three people were home at the time. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Swimmers come out on a warm spring weather at Manly Beach.Credit:Renee Nowytarger
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Swimmers brave a cool morning on the first day of Spring in Mahon Pool, Maroubra.Credit:Janie Barrett
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NSW police canvassing the area and speaking to neighbours on Garrong road in Lakemba, where a 29 year old male was shot in the torso and leg at 8:15pm.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Patrons John, Steve, Tom and Cat outside the Rossevelt hotel in Potts Point.Credit:Brook Mitchell
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Nicolette Preketes-Tardiani was supposed to graduate from her media degree in May. But by then, the city had ground to a halt, and mass gatherings - especially those involving handshakes and champagne - were off the agenda. Since the pandemic struck, more than 17,000 students have missed out on their graduations. With no end to the bans on big crowds in sight, the University of Sydney will hold a mass online ceremonyCredit:Janie Barrett
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Sydney FC head coach Steve Corica holding the Championship trophy and Sydney FC defender Rhyan Grant holds the Premier Plate at Circular Quay. Sydney FC won the Huyundai A-League Championship in the final yesterday against Melbourne City and also won the Premiers Plate. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Premier Gladys Berejiklian during COVID-19 update at Olympic Park, saying the health advice banning visitors to aged care homes could be scrapped ahead of Father's Day as the CBD cluster is brought under control.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Almost cloudless dawn at Avalon Beach on the last day of winter.Credit:Nick Moir
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Two men clean a bus stop shelter in Circular Quay, Sydney, NSW. The bus stops are cleaned twice a week. 31st August, 2020. Photo: Kate Geraghty Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Bus passengers some wearing face masks and some not, waiting at a Circular Quay bus stop.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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To help stop the spread of coronavirus, the NSW Government is urging people to wear a face mask when travelling on public transport.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Audiologist Arveen Kaur testing Jackson Wellington hearing at Waminda Women's Health Centre in Nowra. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children suffer the highest reported rates of otitis media (middle ear infection) in the world, with studies showing they are five times more likely to be diagnosed than non-Indigenous children.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Minister for Health Greg Hunt, Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians and Minister for Youth and Sport Richard Colbeck 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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NEWS: Emily Cox, from Jamison High School, is one of several school captains from schools across Sydney that have come together to propose COVID-safe graduation options to NSW Health, after year 12 graduations were recently banned.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Independent MP Bob Katter and Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce during a doorstop interview to address questions on an inquiry into foreign interference at Australian universities, at Parliament House in Canberra.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Brent Clartk and Giselle Oscuro outside St James church, Glebe. They had booked to walk the Camino de Santiago in 2020 but had to cancel due to coronavirus. Instead, they created the Camino de Sydney, a 29 day, 600km walk across Sydney.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Jack de Belin leaves Wollongong court after hearing his trial for sexual assault is set to go ahead in November. NSW District Court Judge Andrew Haesler said the applications that pushed the trial date back by almost nine months were to do with alleged "irregularity in the preparations for the trial".Credit:Kate Geraghty
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House fire at Rowallen Street Castle Hill.Credit:Renee Nowytarger
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Bondi Beach gym workout on a sunny warm day. Sunbathers stretched out on the sand and grassed areas, swimmers braved the chilled water and the promenade along Bondi Beach was filled with walkers and joggers on Saturday under the watchful gaze of police, lifeguards, rangers and council ambassadors.Credit:Steven Siewert
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Enjoying the sun at Bondi Beach on a sunny warm day. Sunbathers stretched out on the sand and grassed areas, swimmers braved the chilled water and the promenade along Bondi Beach was filled with walkers and joggers on Saturday under the watchful gaze of police, lifeguards, rangers and council ambassadors.Credit:Steven Siewert
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Lavender Bay proposal to build a fenced swimming area in the Harbour. North Sydney Council voted to commission a report into the viability and cost of a netted swimming area at Lavender Bay or Hayes Street wharf in Neutral Bay.Credit:Nick Moir
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Dr Kerryn Phelps at the intersection of Flinders and Oxford Streets, Darlinghurst, is arguing against Clover Moore's suggestion that all streets in Sydney Council area should be limited to 40km per hour. Motorists could be forced to slow down to 40km/h when driving throughout the City of Sydney, as the NSW government works with local councils to reduce speed limits in areas with high numbers of pedestrians and cyclists.Credit:Janie Barrett
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HSC student Christelle Joyce Salimbangon, 18, has felt the stress of the year under Covid-19 restrictions but has found some respite in the fact that she has received some early University offers. Universities have sent out a record number of early offers this year and applications for some admission schemes have tripled as year 12 students rush to shore up their future amid the uncertainty caused by COVID-19.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Smoke from hazard reduction work in Northern Sydney drifts across Sydney Harbour. Credit:Dean Sewell
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People enjoying the sun at the Barangaroo precinct.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Beach goers flock to Coogee beach on a warm Sunday as winter nears an end.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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People enjoying Bondi Beach on a hot winter Sunday. Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Clouds rolling in over Perisher.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Ashely Wilderink, owner of Brothers Ben cafe in Petersham. Spending at cafes in NSW has bounced back and is now higher than before COVID.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Local resident Sue Gay at, St Helens Park. Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Local Aboriginal Elders and relatives of firefighters Nita Lyons, Auntie Norma Ingram and Narelle Lyons, who work at Redfern Fire station which is set to close.Credit:Nick Moir
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Darryn Capes-Davis from Bicycles NSW. Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Aleta Wassell, who has taken a course in suicide prevention to help her fellow students.Credit:Nick Moir