The Age photos of the week, November 1, 2025
Age photos of the week, November 1, 2025
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Your week with images from our award-winning photographers and regular contributors to The Age
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Silversmith David Russ with the St Arnaud Cup he made in his St Arnaud studio. The St Arnaud Cup is the social event of the year for this small western Victorian townCredit:Jason South
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Promising F1 driver Alana Gurney is one of Australia’s top female karting talents.Credit:Paul Jeffers
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Social Inclusion Action Group and living experience member Kayden Crombie and Frankston Councilor Nathan Butler on the Frankston waterfront. Kayden in one of the beach-accessible wheelchairs that will be part of a new initiative to make Frankston beach more inclusiveCredit:PENNY STEPHENS
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Michael and Pauline Hodder leave the County Court where family and friends of Elise Hodder, who was run over and killed as she left a party in Kooyong park, attended a plea hearing for her alleged killer.Credit:Paul Jeffers
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Joe Coultas and his partner Steph Clinch. Moorabbin had the highest unit price increase in the last 12 monthsCredit:Joe Armao
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Little Shop of Horrors Costumes in Mornington is celebrating Halloween this year and co-owner Louise Mack is dressing up as Regan from The ExorcistCredit:Alex Coppel
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Via Sistina’s James McDonald celebrates winning the 2025 Cox Plate at Moonee ValleyCredit:Chris Hopkins
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Sam Osborn-Rassaby, a member of the Mystic Flames team in a multi-sport league managed by Urban RecCredit:Luis Enrique Ascui
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Caitlin Dullard is the CEO and artistic director of La Mama.Credit:EddieJim
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Rohan Green realized the importance of a balanced life with his pet dog Odie during last year’s VCE exam period.Credit:Joe Armao
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Former champion jockey Glen Boss with the Best in the 2025 Ladbroke’s Cox Plate Breakfast at Moonee Valley RacecourseCredit:PENNY STEPHENS
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F1 Academy driver Joanne CiconteCredit:Joe Armao
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Children take part in a children’s foot race at St Arnaud racecourse.Credit:Jason South
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Doormen Brian Horwell and Tony Davoli are in Moonee Valley.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS
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Helena and her husband Charles were directly exposed to violence linked to the CFMEU and its issuesCredit:Alex Coppel
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Farmer Jackie Elliott feels the backlash to renewable energy on her Byaduk propertyCredit:Nicole Cleary
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Pádraig Whelehan, founder and chairman of Australian menswear brand Brotherwolf, at his home in South YarraCredit:Chris Hopkins
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Matt Pearse, Thornhill Park resident, on an unofficial trail near the intersection of Mount Cottrell Road and Wiltshire Boulevard. Frustrated residents of the new suburb of Thornhill Park have resorted to “paddock bashing” to reach Cobblebank railway station more directly after the most direct road was closed for works for five months, forcing them to detour 15 kilometres.Credit:Paul Jeffers
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Simone Coates of Tigerlily at her home in St.KildaCredit:JOE ARMAO
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Caitlyn Trieu-Nguyen, a Year 12 student at Canterbury Girls’ Secondary School, before taking her first VCE exam Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Chef of the Year candidate Thi Le with her homemade charcuterie Lakes Entrance AnchovyCredit:Simon Schluter
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Footscray High School grade 12 students Herbie Garock, Sylvie Ward and Noah RegassaCredit:Jason South
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Wurundjeri Way extension was quiet when it opened in Docklands, connecting Dynon Road in West Melbourne to Flinders Street in DocklandsCredit:EddieJim
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The Ballarat Supreme Court heard the plea for 21-year-old Sebastopol man Lachlan Young, who pleaded guilty to the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hannah McGuire, whose body was found in a burnt-out car in Scarsdale, near Ballarat, on April 5, 2024. Hannah’s family, friends and mother Debbie (c) attended.Credit:Justin McManus
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Dirty water at St Kilda beach is rated as Melbourne’s worst beach based on the number of Good, Fair and Poor predictions a beach received in the summer of 2024-25Credit:Joe Armao
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Kristy Barber, designer and owner of Melbourne fashion brand Kuwait, at homeCredit:AARON FRANCIS
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Artist Anita Lester with Holocaust survivor Ester Braitberg, whose portrait she painted.Credit:Justin McManus
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Mikaela Jade and Alexandra Gray attend the media preview of the Flemington Birdcage tentCredit:EddieJim
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Will Cox is a resident “scaryman” at Luna DarkCredit:EddieJim
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Crowd enjoys entertainment ahead of the 2025 Cox Plate race at Moonee Valley RacecourseCredit:PENNY STEPHENS
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Cloe Sullivan rides her horse Mickey as the headless horseman outside her neighbor’s property in Cranbourne East for HalloweenCredit:PENNY STEPHENS
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Catman, Kentaro Jin, on the Geelong coast from Carnarvon to Sydney, dressed in a leopard-spotted cat costume, approaches Melbourne in a wheelbarrow.Credit:Wayne Taylor
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Associate Professor Vinay Rane says birth attendants need to be better regulated.Credit:Simon Schluter
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It’s the first day of the trial of the alleged Easey Street murderer in the Magistrates’ Court. Homicide Cold Case Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Paul Rowe and key witness Janet PowellCredit:EddieJim
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Sheena Watt, the only Aboriginal member of the state parliament, spoke at the treaty debate and shared some personal details about reconnecting with her mob.Credit:Joe Armao
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Friends gather to remember Ben Austin at the Wally Tew Reserve cricket nets in Ferntree Gully. Melbourne junior cricketer Ben Austin died after he was struck in the neck by a cricket ball thrown at speed using a hand-held training device.Credit:Joe Armao
