The Age photos of the week, November 1, 2025

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Silversmith David Russ with the St Arnaud Cup that he makes in his St Arnaud studio. The St Arnaud Cup is a social highlight of the year for the small western Victorian townCredit:Jason South

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Aspiring 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 lived experience member Kayden Crombie and Frankston Councillor Nathan Butler at Frankston beach. Kayden is in one of the beach accessible wheelchairs that will form part of a new initiative to make Frankston beach more inclusiveCredit:PENNY STEPHENS

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Michael and Pauline Hodder leave County Court where family and friends of Elise Hodder, who was run over and killed while leaving a Kooyong park rave attended a plea hearing for her alleged killerCredit:Paul Jeffers

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Joe Coultas and partner Steph Clinch. Moorabbin has had the highest unit price growth over the past 12 monthsCredit:Joe Armao

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The Little Shop of Horrors Costumery in Mornington embracing Halloween this year, with co-owner Louise Mack dressed as Regan from The ExorcistCredit:Alex Coppel

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James McDonald aboard Via Sistina celebrates winning the 2025 Cox Plate at Moonee ValleyCredit:Chris Hopkins

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Sam Osborn-Rassaby a member of the Mystic Flames, a team in a multisport league run by Urban RecCredit:Luis Enrique Ascui

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Caitlin Dullard, chief executive and artistic director of La Mama.Credit:Eddie Jim

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Rohan Green, with pet dog Odie, found a balanced life was important in last year’s VCE exam period.Credit:Joe Armao

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Former champion jockey Glen Boss at 2025 Ladbroke’s Cox Plate Breakfast with the Best 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 the novelty kids’ foot race at St Arnaud racecourse.Credit:Jason South

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Gate attendants Brian Horwell and Tony Davoli at Moonee Valley.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS

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Helena and her husband Charles have been caught up directly in violence associated with the CFMEU and its troublesCredit:Alex Coppel

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Farmer Jackie Elliott at her Byaduk property, has felt the backlash against renewablesCredit:Nicole Cleary

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Pádraig Whelehan, the founder and head of Brotherwolf, an Australian menswear brand at his South Yarra homeCredit:Chris Hopkins

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Matt Pearse, Thornhill Park resident at an informal track 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 train station more directly, after the most direct road was closed for five months for works, forcing them to take a 15-kilometre detourCredit: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 College, before sitting her first VCE exam Credit:Chris Hopkins

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Chef of the year nominee, Thi Le, with her house-made charcuterie Lakes Entrance AnchoviesCredit:Simon Schluter

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Footscray High School year 12 students Herbie Garock, Sylvie Ward and Noah RegassaCredit:Jason South

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The Wurundjeri Way extension was quiet when it opened in Docklands connecting Dynon Road in West Melbourne to Flinders Street, DocklandsCredit:Eddie Jim

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Ballarat Supreme Court 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 at Scarsdale near Ballarat on April 5, 2024. Hannah’s family and friends and mother Debbie (c) attendedCredit:Justin McManus

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Dirty water at St Kilda beach is ranked Melbourne’s worst beach based on how many Good, Fair and Poor forecasts a beach received for the 2024-25 summerCredit:Joe Armao

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Kristy Barber, designer and owner of Melbourne fashion brand Kuwaii at her homeCredit:AARON FRANCIS

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Artist Anita Lester with Ester Braitberg, one of the Holocaust survivors whose portrait she has painted.Credit:Justin McManus

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Mikaela Jade and Alexandra Gray attend Flemington Birdcage marquees media previewCredit:Eddie Jim

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Will Cox is a resident “scarer” at Luna DarkCredit:Eddie Jim

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The crowd enjoying the entertainment before the running of the 2025 Cox Plate at Moonee Valley RacecourseCredit:PENNY STEPHENS

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Cloe Sullivan on her horse Mickey as the headless horseman outside her neighbours’ property in Cranbourne East for HalloweenCredit:PENNY STEPHENS

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Catman, Kentaro Jin at the Geelong foreshore walking from Carnarvon to Sydney dressed in a leopard-spotted cat suit with a wheelbarrow, approaching MelbourneCredit: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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First day of the committal hearing for alleged Easey Street murderer at the Magistrates Court. Homicide Squad Cold Case Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Paul Rowe with key witness Janet PowellCredit:Eddie Jim

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Sheena Watt, is the only Aboriginal member of state parliament, she has spoken in the treaty debate and shared some personal details about reconnecting with her mobCredit:Joe Armao

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Friends gather to pay tribute to Ben Austin at the Wally Tew Reserve cricket nets in Ferntree Gully. Ben Austin, a young Melbourne cricketer died after he was struck in the neck by a cricket ball thrown at speed using a hand-held training deviceCredit:Joe Armao