The Age photos of the week, March 28, 2026

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Teachers and staff rally at the steps of the Victorian parliament during a 24-hour strike over pay and conditions.Credit:Joe Armao

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Ngarra Murray says the rise of One Nation in Victoria is being driven by forces unleashed during the Voice referendum.Credit:Justin McManus

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Coen Pearson is an avid bird watcher and interested in conservation.Credit:Eddie Jim

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Robbie Dettmann recently tried to access STI testing at the state’s only public sexual health clinic but was turned away.Credit:Chris Hopkins

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Hugh Van Handel from The Stokehouse restaurant. Credit:Jason South

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Peta Sitcheff was so attached to her phone that she came to dread hearing it ring. When she reached a point of burnout, she knew she needed an intervention.Credit:Simon Schluter

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media at the opening of the Coburg Medicare Urgent Care Centre.Credit:Chris Hopkins

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Khalil Moussawi, from the town of Nabi Chit in Lebanon, was awoken on the night of March 6 by Israeli airstrikes that killed 41 people.Credit:Kate Geraghty

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Adriel Appathurai, a medical student who sits on Orygen’s Youth Advisory Council, says a new AI tool would be a safer option for many of his peers who were already using AI chatbots for mental health support.Credit:Simon Schluter

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Annette Salkeld, executive officer at the Darebin Creek Management Committee, and ranger Peter Wiltshire with a vandalised wildlife box.Credit:Ruby Alexander

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Kalana “Karl” Jayawardana, brother of Chami Jayawardena, who police say died with her partner in an apparent murder suicide in Gippsland.Credit:Joe Armao

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Katie Bennett-Stenton is speaking about the reality for families caring for loved ones with eating disorders in the hope of reducing isolation.Credit:Simon Schluter

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Education Minister Ben Carroll on the day of the teachers’ strike.Credit:Eddie Jim

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A Gina Rinehart impersonator is moved on from Raheen after trying, to enter Anthony Pratt’s birthday party.Credit:Chris Hopkins

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Hairdresser Mykey O’Halloran (right) and customer Sarpa Lui Da Silva at the Unicorn Manes by Mykey salon.Credit:Simon Schluter

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Michelle Payne and Lady Marigold Southey unveil a statue of Payne at Flemington Racecourse.Credit:Eddie Jim

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Michael Stubbe on his property, where a fence was cut for containment lines. Farmers and CFA volunteers are concerned that fences cut by the CFA for access during the Longwood fires have not been repaired two months on.Credit:Justin McManus

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Katrina Walker, parent and school council president at South Melbourne Park Primary School. Credit:Jason South

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The scene outside ABC studios in Melbourne as the broadcaster’s staff walk out on strike for the first time in 20 years.Credit:Jason South

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Marilyn and Arthur Taylor, the parents of Constable Angela Taylor, at the Angela Rose Taylor Memorial Rose Garden. The 40th anniversary service commemorating the Russell Street bombing was held at Victoria Police Academy.Credit:Joe Armao