TOPSHOT - A long exposure picture shows a car commuting on a road as the sky turns red from smoke of the Snowy Valley bushfire on the outskirts of Cooma on January 4, 2020. - Up to 3,000 military reservists were called up to tackle Australia's relentless bushfire crisis on January 4, as tens of thousands of residents fled their homes amid catastrophic conditions. (Photo by SAEED KHAN / AFP)
In business: pictures from 2020
An extraordinary year in business was captured by equally extraordinary images. From the economy to leaders across businesses - both big and small - these are just some of the people and photos that made the business pages of The Australian in the past 12 months.
Harry Hunt poses for a photo in the empty bar of his hotel 'Hunts Hotel Liverpool' on Friday, 7 February 2020, Harry Hunt has had to lay off 10 of his staff and now only has 1 because of falloff in Chinese bookings as a result of the coronavirus. Picture Monique Harmer
Paul Brennan is the CEO of PolyNovo which is a biotech company which has been supplying fake skin to bushfire victims, NZ volcano victims as well as leading US hospitals. Aaron Francis/The Australian
Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe speaks to the media in Sydney, Thursday, March 19, 2020. The Reserve Bank has cut the interest rate to a record-low 0.25 per cent in an historic suite of economic support to cushion the blow of the coronavirus pandemic. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett)
23/03/20 Telstra CEO Andy Penn working from home in times of COVID-19. Aaron Francis/The Australian
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 11, 2020 in New York City. The Dow plunged more than 1400 points as Coronavirus cases rose around the world. Jeenah Moon/Getty Images/AFP
Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO Matt Comyn (fourth from right) is seen alongside Anna Bligh, the CEO of Australian Banking Association (second from right) during a meeting with Australian Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg (centre) and other banking executives in Sydney, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (AAP Image/Fairfax Media Pool, Peter Braig)
03/04/2020. Richard Adamson co-owner of Young Henry's pictured at their distillery in Newtown in Sydney's inner-west. They have started making hand sanitiser, created by distilling beer that will no longer be going to pubs and have just completed their second batch. Britta Campion / The Australian
New Westpac CEO Peter King pictured on Thursday 2 April 2020. Picture: Nikki Short
28/04/2020 Jo Fallshaw, Managing director of Fallshaw Wheels & Castors at her factory in Melbourne with castors for special flat pack beds that will be used in the fight against COVID. Picture: David Geraghty / The Australian.
National Australia Bank CEO Ross McEwan meets his senior executive team during the coronavirus lockdown
A girl rides her bike through an empty Martin Place in Sydney, Monday, April 13, 2020. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett)
6/08/20 Jay Lawrence is the sales and marketing manager at Morgan and Wacker where they've seen a surge in sales for Harley Davidson motorcycles. Aaron Francis/The Australian
21/8/20: Wooloworths CEO Brad Banducci at their Sydney offices for the retailer's full year results. John Feder/The Australian.
Grounded Virgin Australia aircraft are seen parked at Brisbane Airport in Brisbane, Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) is working with airlines by accommodating up to 100 grounded aircraft free of charge in response to government-mandated travel restrictions that have grounded a significant proportion of Australia’s airline fleet because of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). (AAP Image/Darren England)
Tabcorp chairman Paula Dwyer pictured at her home in Barwon Heads. Aaron Francis/The Australian
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA-NCA NewsWire Photos: 22 OCTOBER 2020. Australia Post chief executive Christine Holgate during Senate estimates in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage
ASIC chairman James Shipton addresses a FINSIA web forum in Sydney.
Day 3 8th of October 2020 , Billionaire James Packer will front a government inquiry over his casino interests appearing via videolink from his luxury mega-yacht IJE in the Pacific Ocean , , From source: , https://www.nswcasinoinquiry.com/submissions-hearings
06/10/20 Jeanne Johns is the CEO of Incitec Pivot. Aaron Francis/The Australian
Former Virgin Australia CEO Paul Scurrah poses for photos at his home in Brisbane. Mr Scurrah was sacked from his role after the airlines was purchased by American investment firm Bain Capital. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled
Flinders street station during day one of the stage four lockdown in Melbourne where people must have a work permit to be out on the roads. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling
Toilet paper supplies at Woolworths Mona Vale on Friday, 18 December 2020 Picture / Monique Harmer