The best photos of 2024 The Australian Financial Review photographers, and some memorable moments.
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Inflation has also made the chief inflation fighter the second most powerful person in the country, with Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock installed at number two on the Power list.
Louie Douvis
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Fashion designer Camilla Franks at her Woollahra home purchased by Inland Rail CEO Nick Miller.
Louise Kennerley
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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra.
Alex Ellinghausen
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Matildas defender Ellie Carpenter.
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Andrew Forrest jokes with Director Sebastian Coe after the Fortescue AGM.
Trevor Collens
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Cisco Tschurtschenthaler and George Gorrow at Sea Sea Hotel, Crescent Head.
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Senator Lidia Thorpe in the Senate after a censure motion was held against her in the upper house.
Dominic Lorrimer
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Jackie Franks at Feekah Cafe.
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Coles chief executive Leah Weckert says three days a week in the office strikes a balance between flexibility and collaboration.
Arsineh Houspian
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Lorie Benson and cat Kovu at the National Gallery of Victoria’s “Cats and Dogs with Poster Dresses London by Harry Gordon” on display at The Ian Potter Centre.
Eamon Gallagher
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Treasury secretary Steven Kennedy has backed ASIC and the ACCC in their bid to pay barristers more.
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Origin Energy CEO Frank Calabria at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia lunch in Sydney.
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President of China, Xi Jinping, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, together with other leaders at the G20 family photo, in Rio de Janeiro.
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“Bill”, the owner of Acai Underworld, which has a very popular food truck in Lansdowne, selling acai desserts and bowls.
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Virgin Australia Group CEO Jayne Hrdlicka high-fives Pilot Brett Douglas at Brisbane Airport.
Glenn Campbell
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Wellness entrepreneur Linda Rogan outside the Federal Court in Sydney, where she is suing billionaire Richard White.
Nick Moir
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Buster Todd, Avid Engineering’s mechanical team leader, is angry with Sanjeev Gupta, the owner of the Whyalla steelworks.
Ben Searcy
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Senator Fatima Payman announced her new party “Australia’s Voice” at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra.
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AirTrunk founder and chief executive Robin Khuda represents the most recent wave of Australian immigration.
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Left to right: Rhys Connell, executive chef at Soluna and Genzo; Ned Parker, head chef at Loulou Bistro; Rhiann Mead, head of pastry at The Charles, Genzo, Soluna, Sol bread + wine; Leo Wurtz, senior sous chef at Poetica bar + grill; and Billy Hannigan, executive chef at The Charles Brasserie & Bar.
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Richard White was recently listed as Australia’s 11th richest man.
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Australia’s biggest YouTube account is Bounce Patrol, a kids music and dancing show that has more than 30 million subscribers on YouTube. Shannon Ross is the creative director and founder (centre).
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his PNG counterpart, James Marape, walk the Kokoda Track.
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives in Canberra in June.
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Music journalist Glenn A. Baker (left) with Paul Lambess, the property developer and drummer who bought his 50,000-strong record collection.
Michael Quelch
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Demonstrators at a pro-Palestine rally organised by the Palestinian Action Group held at Hyde Park in Sydney.
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Michal Ohana, a survivor from the Nova Music Festival, at a vigil in Sydney’s Rose Bay for the Jewish victims of the October 7 massacre by Hamas in Israel.
Janie Barrett
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Harvey Norman CEO Katie Page at the newly opened store in Birmingham.
Domenico Pugliese
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Ousted CFMEU NSW secretary Darren Greenfield speaking at the CFMEU protest of the administrator.
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Israeli female soldiers pose for a photo on a position on the Gaza Strip border, in southern Israel.
AP
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Andrew Forrest, executive chairman of Fortescue Metal Group, takes part in the morning warm up at the Cloudbreak Ore Processing Facility in the Pilbara region of WA.
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“This ranking has given the sector a much more holistic look at how Australian universities are performing.” says University of Queensland vice chancellor, Professor Deborah Terry. UQ has won then top ranking for the second year in a row.
Dan Peled
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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally.
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Jodie Haydon and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese depart after making a statement to the media on their engagement, at The Lodge in Canberra.
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2024 paris Olympic. Jessica Fox won a gold medal for the women’s canoe final at the Vaires Sur Marne Nautical stadium in France.
Eddie Jim
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