The Age photos of the week, September 14, 2024
39 ImagesThe week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age.
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Mounted Police try to corral protesters and stop them from taking over a major arterial in Southbank. Anti-War Protestors were confronted by Victoria Police today as the Land Forces protest turned violent.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Liam Runnalls, Clue writer and Angas Tiernan, Video are Minute Cryptic. Minute Cryptic is a game where every day they release a cryptic crossword clue and in an accompanying video they explain how it works.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Riot police watch on during a subdued a second day of protests outside a weapons expo in Melbourne.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece outside the Regent Theatre. Reece wants to sell the theatre to fund the arts if elected.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Melburnians trying to go about their daily business during the anti war protests on the second day of Land Forces Expo, Southbank.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Callum Linnane (seated) as Oscar Wilde and Benjamin Garrett as Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas in the Australian Ballet’s Oscar. Photographed at Villa Alba in Kew.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Arcade dance game player, 24-year-old Kazie Lim has amassed a large TikTok following from posting videos playing Dancerush Stardom and has a community of friends that she plays with.Credit:Joe Armao
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Police return to guard the Land Forces International Land Defence Exposition on Thursday.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Melton city council candidate Phillip Zada stands in the Mount Atkinson town centre, which until last week was the place for a future Westfield shopping centre.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Student cast members of Sandringham College’s school production of Mary Poppins.Credit:Joe Armao
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A protester runs through the chaos on Clarendon Street on Wednesday.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Dress rehearsal of Sandringham College’s school production of Mary Poppins. School productions are getting bigger, more professional, more ambitious.Credit:Joe Armao
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A confrontation on Southbank Promenade near Crown casino on the second day of the Land Forces Expo.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Hawthorn’s Jack Scrimshaw has become a better teammate and player this season.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Ernie Davies, 7, with the star kelpie he trains, Gypsy.Credit:Jason South
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Protesters under fire from rubber bullets after violence erupted.Credit:Justin McManus
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Gregory Lynn arrives at the Supreme Court on Thursday for a two-day plea hearing. Credit:Joe Armao
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Carlton footballer Adam Saad.Credit:Jason South
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Anti-war protesters marched through the streets of Melbourne causing traffic disruption on the second day of the Disrupt Land Forces protest.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Richard and Ali Davies and their four children, Miley 11, Indy 9, Ernie 7 and Polly 4. The Davies family of Elaine, south of Ballarat took five of their kelpies to compete in the Supreme Australian Sheepdog Championships.Credit:Jason South
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A protester is arrested.Credit:Justin McManus
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Scooters are popular in Ballarat even while they are banned in Melbourne’s CBD. Committee for Ballarat’s Michael Poulton loves getting around town on a scooter.Credit:Justin McManus
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Police used pepper spray on protesters near Crown Melbourne.Credit:Justin McManus
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Carlton fan Melanie Maizels, her young son Levi and Mel’s dad Steve travelled up to Brisbane for the elimination final.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Anti-War Protestors were confronted by Victoria Police as the Land Forces protest turned violent.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Rocco Elice is retiring after 50 years of work at Pellegrini’s.Credit:Jason South
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Bec Skilton stands next to a sculpture of grandfather Bob at Melbourne’s Lakeside Stadium, where he played almost half of his 237-game career.Credit:Simon Schluter
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President of the Mernda and Doreen Residents Association, Shweta Bhatti with her kids Om 11 and Shreya 9 at home in Mernda, in Melbourne’s North.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS
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Kangaroos on open land between housing and Carome Homestead, Mernda.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS
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Kerryn Cutting, manager of Two Beans restaurant, Carome Estate.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS
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Protesters face off with police at the land Forces Expo in Melbourne.Credit:Justin McManus
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Turner’s Bakehouse owner Stephanie Montalti has lived in Mernda for 12 years.Credit:Penny Stephens
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Emergency crews rescued a dog from a Sydenham house where a fire resulted in two children dying in hospital this week and a third still critical. Credit:Joe Armao
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Anti-war protesters picket the Melbourne Convention Centre.Credit:Justin McManus
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Jennifer Schumann, the head of the drug intelligence unit at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine.Credit:Jason South
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13yo Zoe and her Dad Michael have different ideas about social media use. Children will be blocked from social media under sweeping national plans to shield young people from online harm by mandating strict age barriers in federal law and punishing tech giants that break the rules.Credit:Jason South
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Jaimie Gardner began thinking seriously about her fertility when the COVID pandemic hit.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Ann Duraid Shwaita didnt even have to apply for her jobs post study. She was snapped up and now works five days a week at two pharmacies as well as doing locum work. She loves it and wants to own her own pharmacy one day.Credit:Jason South
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A protester is seen raising hands in front of police.Credit:Chris Hopkins
