The Age photos of the week, October 18, 2025

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Sydney based artist Nell with some of her works, Meeting the Day, being shown at Heide gallery in BulleenCredit:Wayne Taylor

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Night Walks With Teenagers is part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. It involves teenagers taking attendees on tours of Werribee at night, to hidden places that are special to them. L-R Ellis, 16, Theo, 14, Tammy, 16, Ava, 18, and Elisha, 17Credit:Alex Coppel

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Adventure cat: Sonia Hank taking cat Kepler Copernicus for an outing in South Yarra.Credit:Wayne Taylor

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The former house of Sir Roy, architect who designed the NGV, is for sale in Toorak. Current owner Matthew Danos has put the iconic home on the marketCredit:Alex Coppel

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Cabaret Artist Meow Meow at Alimentari Delicatessen in Brunswick St, FitzroyCredit:PENNY STEPHENS

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Carlton’s dual Coleman medallist Charlie Curnow will continue his career with Sydney.Credit:Eddie Jim

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Brad Forbes, Chef at Heywood Rural Health, PortlandCredit:Nicole Cleary

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Protesters, led by Carly Wines (c), have been rallying every weekend since April outside the Mt Eliza property of former racehorse trainer Maxine Fraser where dozens of horses have been left starving, sick and injuredCredit:Chris Hopkins

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Goodstart Childcare in Richmond staff members Ash and Hannah celebrate the joy of childcare with Ripley, 2, Henry, 4, and Luca, 2.Credit:Alex Coppel.

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Former jockey Michelle Payne holding the Lexus Melbourne Cup Trophy, and with Prince of Penzance in Lake WendoureeCredit:Alex Coppel

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Smart traps have been installed at locations around Australia by Bush Heritage that are a game changer for the reduction of feral cats. Bush Heritage project lead James Smith (in blue) and Timberscope co-director Rod Brindley inspect one of the new smart cat traps on French IslandCredit:Jason South

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“Richo” had a history of sleeping in his car and presented to St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne emergency department after falling while washing car windows with a collar bone fracture. The team was able to support him with both temporary housing and orthopaedic follow up, and he is now in permanent community housingCredit:Wayne Taylor

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Chris McIntosh has had several rent increases since coming to Melbourne in 2021.Credit:Alex Coppel

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Writer Benjamin Law and actor Genevieve Morris, who say Dying: A Memoir pays homage to those you’ve lost.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS

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Baker Boy, aka Danzal Baker, embraces vulnerability on Djandjay, the follow-up to his ARIA-dominating debut.Credit:Jason South

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Kylie Rogers, Victoria Racing Club CEO, inside the Birdcage construction site at Flemington Racecourse in MelbourneCredit:Alex Coppel

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Child jockeys of Bima. 2025. The barrier gates fly open for the first of the grand finals at the Bima Mayor’s Cup in West Nusa TenggaraCredit:Amilia Rosa

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Thousands of runners competed in the Melbourne Marathon, Jack Rayner crosses the finish lineCredit:Jason South

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Michael Zhao, centre, the organiser of a weekly Japanese mahjong night at Melbourne’s Marche Board Game Cafe.Credit:Eddie Jim

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Greater Western Water customer Tony Way said their constant billing issues have become a circus.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui

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80yo Paul Williams, singing the jazz standard All Of Me with the Mordialloc Jazz Orchestra, or MoJO, at its regular Jazzeoke nights, in which members of the public can sign up to sing jazz classics with the backing of a live ‘big band’, The Count at The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts, ClaytonCredit:Chris Hopkins

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John Milkins is the son of Gary Cunningham, one of the five Australian-based journalists murdered by Indonesian armed forces in the East Timor town of Balibo on the 16th of October 1975. Milkins sits on the board of the Balibo House Trust, which honours the memories of the five slain journalists by enriching the lives of the people of BaliboCredit:Paul Jeffers

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East Malvern Junior Soccer Club players Oliver 11, Xavier, 11, Ava, 4, and Hugh, 7, dodging potholes at the Central Park soccer ground in Malvern.Credit:Eddie Jim

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2024 Melbourne Cup winner Robbie Dolan at Ronald McDonald House which is important to him because he has a daughter who was born at only 22 weeks, who is now healthy and doing really wellCredit:Joe Armao

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Darrell Pitt, spokesman for the Joseph Road Precinct Action Group. 22yo Frances Jeyann Ramirez was hit and killed by two cars as she was crossing Hopkins Street in Footscray toward her home in the Joseph Road precinct, a housing redevelopment criticised for its poor infrastructureCredit:Paul Jeffers

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Elizabeth Hill-Cooper at the Palais Theatre, formerly known as Palais Pictures, is a historic picture palace located in St Kilda with a capacity of nearly 3,000 people, it is the largest seated theatre in AustraliaCredit:Wayne Taylor

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Minister for Education Ben Carroll at Footscray City Primary School to make a minimise screen time for students announcementCredit:Jason South

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First Peoples’ Assembly Co-Chairs Rueben Berg and Ngarra Murray address the Members of Parliament about Treaty from the floor of the Victorian Legislative AssemblyCredit:Jason South

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Brendan Cauchi moved homes after his last property cost “top dollar”. Essential workers can afford to rent only a fraction of the rental listings across Australia, a new report from Anglicare found. Brendan Cauchi is a site manager in the building industryCredit:Jason South