The Age photos of the week, November 8, 2020
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With no crowds in attendance, Twilight Payment won the Melbourne Cup ahead of Tiger Moth and Prince of Arran. The victory was the first for jockey Jye McNeil, the second for trainer Joseph O'Brien and gave Lloyd Williams his seventh Cup triumph.Credit:Joe Armao
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Almost 400 anti-lockdown protesters were fined and a female police officer was taken to hospital with a suspected broken arm after a bad-tempered demonstration outside State Parliament. Credit:Jason South
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Designer Alexi Freeman celebrates the Melbourne Cup at the Royal Botanic Gardens.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Melbourne Cup runner Persan with track rider Nikki White ahead of the race. Credit:Scott Barbour
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South Melbourne Little Athletics Club are one of the many youth sporting groups who will benefit from the state government's $45.2 million funding boost.Credit:Luis Ascui
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Stephen Riseborough, director of CherryHill Orchards, says weather has been favourable for bumper year for cherries. Credit:Justin McManus
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Judith McDonald says her brother, Andrew Southam, who has autism and an intellectual disability, has benefited from an environment free of restraint.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Thousands of people flocked to St Kilda beach on Melbourne Cup day.Credit:Jason South
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Markus Nolle president of the Victorian Rock Lobster Association. Victoria's lobster industry is bracing for economic pain just a fortnight before its peak fishing season begins as tonnes of the live crustaceans wait to clear customs in China. Credit:Justin McManus
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Brett and Sue Grinstead getting set for their great escape as soon as the 'Ring of Steel' police checkpoints stop operating.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Year 12 student Haniyah Abdou Said was placed in hard lockdown: as the days went on it just became more and more frustrating."Credit:Luis Ascui
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Patrons at the Prince Alfred Hotel in Richmond watch the Melbourne Cup.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Heide Museum of Modern Art artistic director Lesley Harding and curator Kendrah Morgan with Sidney Nolan's Kelly at the Mine (1946-47).Credit:Justin McManus
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Premier Daniel Andrews holds a media conference at Werribee Zoo.Credit:Eddie Jim
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People enjoying Melbourne Cup day festivities in Yarra Park Linear Reserve.Credit:Justin McManus
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The Campbell family enjoy Melbourne Cup day at Middle Park beach.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Work continues on the State Library Station as part of the Metro Tunnel project.Credit:Jason South
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Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp announces a floral installation program in the CBD to attract people back to the city.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Graham and Mervel Porter have camped on the foreshore at Rosebud for the past 39 years but won't be able to this year. Amid fears that a coronavirus outbreak would spread quickly among campers, the Mornington Peninsula Shire will keep three of its council-managed camping grounds closed until FebruaryCredit:Joe Armao
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Mandy Herbet with her son Archie, have been impacted by the strict new state government guidelines for schools and early childhood services that require children who have even the mildest symptoms of coronavirus, including runny noses, be tested for the virus and stay away until all signs of sickness are gone. Credit:Simon Schluter