The Age photos of the week, May 31, 2025
25 ImagesThe week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age
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Beaumaris vs Fitzroy FC at Banksia Reserve in Beaumaris, memorial match dedicated to the memory of Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones who died in Laos from alcohol poisoning.Credit:Paul Jeffers
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Nepean school students attend Wonderbox theatre, the theatre show is designed specifically for students with disabilities and promotes access to the arts.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS
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Artist Janeene Eaton. A survey show of her work opens at Geelong Art Gallery.Credit:Joe Armao
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Good Food explored Melbourne’s Koreatown with Doju chef Mika Chae.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Benalla Sheep farmer Stuart Green’s payments for the emergency services levy will double, which will hurt during drought.Credit:Joe Armao
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Children from Reservoir East Primary School with the Walk for Truth banner that accompanied walkers from Portland to Parliament House with Yoorrook Justice Commissioner Travis Lovett.Credit:Justin McManus
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Eddie perfect rehearsing for Beetlejuice the musical ahead of the exclusive Melbourne premiere at the Regent Theatre.Credit:Joe Armao
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Mel Jefferies underwent a double mastectomy in 2017. She now says she should not have been referred for the surgery.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Ruth Giles at her three-bedroom apartment with husband Rob and children Nova and Peter.Credit:Joe Armao
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Allpoint Automotive owner Kris Degenhardt repairs electric vehicles.Credit:Justin McManus
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Long-time Kensington resident Simon Harvey stands near some of the Macaulay Road build-to-rent projects.Credit:Penny Stephens
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Vikesh Ajith and partner Rachel for story on unfair evictions.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Steve Smith is a volunteer men’s mentor who came to this work having experienced mental health challenges.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Randy, with their dog Pharaoh, whose landlord tried to evict them after they insisted on having a leaking pipe fixed.Credit:Wayne Taylor
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Lawyer Bill Doogue leaves the custody centre after visiting his client before court during Erin Patterson murder by mushroom case.Credit:Jason South
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Knox City Councillor Susan Pearce is pushing for the removal and replacement of more than 150 mature street trees in Rowville. The trees are unpopular with residents because they drop leaf litter and affect footpaths. Credit:Paul Jeffers
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A dead kangaroo on the roadside is marked with pink paint to show that it has been dealt with in Sunbury, where animal strikes are the worst in Victoria.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
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Preston High School principal Sean Butler with year 12 student Holly Riordan. Preston High had about 300 students when Holly was in year 7. Last year it had 1131.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
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Event organisers Chyka and Bruce Keebaugh from The Big Group at home in Melbourne.Credit:Wayne Taylor
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Walkers for truth make their way from Portland, western Victoria, heading 400 kilometres through an ancient land to a modern parliament.Credit:Justin McManus
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Hajira Sulaiman with her Maine coon cat Mighty Maze.Credit:Wayne Taylor
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Ali and long-time friend Shaz, witnesses of a Northland Shopping Centre brawl.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Abbotsford Primary School parents with their children. From left: Lorena Burns with Ben, 7, and Tom, 5; Ben Luk with Emma, 7; Jieh-Yung Lo with Hopelyn, 7; and Suk-yi Lo with Callum, 8 and Raelyn, 10. Abbotsford Primary is a bilingual school where students are taught in English and Mandarin. Victoria has more than 15 bilingual government schools.Credit:Paul Jeffers
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Pam Weaver, president of Save-a-Dog scheme. A long-standing animal shelter in Melbourne’s east has won a lifeline after Stonnington Council narrowly voted against installing a new operator.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Curator Kate Rhodes with an original copy of The Age opened at the pages reporting on the Kelly Gang’s shootings, it’s a part of a new exhibition about Ned Kelly at the state library. The exhibition includes a lost article from an Age journalist who cut off Ned Kelly’s shoe.Credit:Joe Armao
