The Age photos of the week, June 1, 2024
27 ImagesThe week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age.
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Monarch cake shop in Acland st St. Kilda.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Ned Powell on his family’s property in Daylesford.Credit:Jason South
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The YIMBY group’s Katie Roberts-Hull and Jonathan O’Brien in front of some terrace homes in Carlton.Credit:Penny Stephens
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Robyn Nevin is starring in a new horror movie called Sting, as well as on stage in Wicked, and directing Mousetrap.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Jasmyn Hay, Kayley Brewington and Jake Wiffen. Viticulture students at Upper Yarra Secondary College which has its own vineyard, growing pinot noir grapes. VCE viticulture students are undertaking the schools first harvest.Credit:Joe Armao
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Tim Draxl stars in the Australian Premiere of Sunset Boulevard at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne.Credit:Justin Mcmanus
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Braving the rain in Williamstown on Monday morning.Credit:Paul Jeffers
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Alby Tomassi with his wife Alexandra and daughter Miela of Banff in St.Kilda.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Performers take to the dance floor at The Queens Ball: A Bridgerton Experience in Melbourne.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Liam Martin with his partner Aurora Busato next to a pile of dirt near Liam’s block of land. Liam bought a property in Wonthaggi late last year. The council later told him it was subject to an environmental overlay due to contamination concerns. He faces thousands in testing costs.Credit:Joe Armao
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West Brunswick Football Club players James Gibson, David Cudmore, Evan Lloyd and Thomas Zafiropoulos wearing the club’s pride jumper.Credit:Wayne Taylor
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Brian Nankervis at the Espy in St Kilda.Credit:Wayne Taylor
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Britt Johnson and husband Rhys Presnell moved to Parkdale with their three kids Thea, Remi and Jude for an investment opportunity but loved it so much they decided to make their move permanent.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Lynne recently paid to extend the footpath in front of her home to save 100-year-old cypress hedge.Credit:Joe Armao
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Tooradin resident Di Loft on the foreshore of the town, which is predicted to become increasingly vulnerable to inundation.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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From left, Sam Cope, Liam Gough and Selene Messinis are among a new wave of prog rockers.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Liz Monty (left)and Jacqui Nolan and other Guildford locals are campaigning to get the Guildford Store re-opened. The Guildford store in the tiny Central Victoria Goldfields town closed in March. Jacqui’s parents ran the store from 1971 - 1984.Credit:Penny Stephens
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More customers like Tony Debono have signed up to be fitted with solar panels and storage batteries, which enables utilities to aggregate stored solar energy and use it to stabilise the power grid when needed.Credit:Paul Jeffers
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Big Name, No Blankets co-directors Anyupa Butcher and Rachael Maza.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Sarah Brightman returns to musical theatre as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. Credit:Justin McManus
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Wild weather is rolling into Melbourne, seen from Williamstown.Credit:Paul Jeffers
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Diana Tamis and the white fence that was built on council land.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Owner of The Clifford in Ripponlea, Rob Fregon, has been warned of a rate hike for his bar, which has been closed since the pandemic hit in 2020.Credit:Joe Armao
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Marcello Callmistro gets a visit from some lorikeets on his balcony in St Kilda.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Local residents Steve Raymond and Rowena Calvert are unhappy with the proposed Barak Beacon redevelopment in Port Melbourne.Credit:Justin McManus
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Dr James Waghorne (left), Dr Ross Jones and Professor Marcia Langton co-edited the new book looking at the University of Melbourne’s complicity in scientific racism.Credit:Justin McManus
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Daylesford residents, including Debora Semple and Vasko Drogriski, are pushing back against plans to rezone farmland near their homes.Credit:Jason South
