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The Age photos of the week, August 2, 2025
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The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age
1/23
The Forster family. Mum Sinead, Dad Alex and their little 5-month-old son, Noah. The family lost their firstborn, Teddy, last year while Teddy was waiting for a heart transplant. Their son Noah is now at the RCH being treated for the same condition and may need a heart transplant one day.Credit:Joe Armao
2/23
Residents of the new elephant habitat at the Werribee ZooCredit:Eddie Jim
3/23
Cast members of The Orchard, Claire Bird, Ava Campbell, William Strom, Dominic Weintraub, Hugo Williams.Credit:Jason South
4/23
Twin sisters Gemma (L) and Claudia Hollingsworth. Gemma is a stage performer and Claudia is an Olympic runnerCredit:Paul Jeffers
5/23
Toi Chan owners Kok Hem “Peter” Chee and Sai Yoke “Sue” Wong have now closed Australia’s oldest Chinese restaurant in BallaratCredit:Simon Schluter
6/23
‘Distraction’ is a major new exhibition at Science Gallery, University of Melbourne focusing on interactive games, attention, play and technology, exploring the ways we navigate the ever-expanding torrent of digital content.Credit:Justin McManus
7/23
Struck with grief, Ethan and Vicky with their two-year-old son who survived the crash. The Grandparents were fatally struck by an out of control car while going for a walk.Credit:Simon Schluter
8/23
Rugby Victoria CEO Aaron Bailey at the sport’s unfinished centre of excellence in Bundoora.Credit:Eddie Jim
9/23
Former Lord Mayor Sally Capp admiring a Moomba sceptre from the 60s in front of a wall of Moomba portraits part of the city’s collection.Credit:Jason South
10/23
Moorabbin Rugby Club Junior team players. At front Emilia Iosefo and Ewan SmithCredit:Jason South
11/23
New Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush.Credit:Justin McManus
12/23
Bruce Lancashire with Neil Hunichen and Richard Carthew, members of Brimbank Progress Association at Solomon Heights, a 99-year-old “zombie subdivision” which remains undeveloped after almost a century, due to a tangle of planning hoops and a lack of services. Its roads exist on paper only, its 440 industrial lots are still sold on the open market for hundreds of thousands each, yet they cannot be developedCredit:Wayne Taylor
13/23
Dial M For Murder, Bridget Bourke will play as Margot WendiceCredit:Joe Armao
14/23
Ola Ominiyi and his children Samuel 10, Marvella 6, Abraham 10 and Ashanti 16. Melbourne’s fertility rate is in decline, and the issue is linked to housing affordability. The only suburbs where the birth rate is high are outer growth suburbs where people can afford to buy a three to four-bedroom house. Cobblebank-Strathtulloh (near Melton) is a classic example and is statistically the city’s most fertile suburbCredit:Wayne Taylor
15/23
Nathan Yin in his parents’ garage where he has set up his barber business Yinny Fadezz.Credit:Simon Schulter
16/23
Kate Leslie, Senior Project Coordinator for Anzac Hall, with the F/A-18 Hornet under the Aperture in the Middle East Gallery, seen during a visit to view construction work of Anzac Hall at the Australian War Memorial in CanberraCredit:Alex Ellinghausen
17/23
Sam Aldemir, owner of De Barcelona café in HawthornCredit:Eddie Jim
18/23
Rory Costelloe, executive director of Villawood Properties.Credit:Eddie Jim
19/23
David Kenwood and David Connoley strolling the shore of Lakers Cutting, at Swan Bay across the water from where a local property developer has won permission to build a private helipad on his property despite protests from various local groupsCredit:Joe Armao
20/23
Gwen at Brighton Beach Primary School with six-year-old preppies Pia, Aston, Billy and Florence.Credit:Wayne Taylor
21/23
Alana Jones has an inheritable medical condition she hopes will be able to avoid passing on to future children when Mitochondrial donation begins in AustraliaCredit:Simon Schluter
22/23
The house at 148 Ballantyne Street in Thornbury, which sold at auction for $1 million. Locals angered at the proposal to remove two massive eucalypts from the blockCredit:Justin McManus
23/23
A distraught woman is consoled by friends after a fatal shooting in Champions Parade, WollertCredit:Jason South
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