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Police usher a coal carrier out of Newcastle’s harbour while holding a group of kayaking Rising Tide protesters at bay.
Photograph: Dean Sewell/Oculi Photos/The Guardian
Swimmers hit the water at Clovelly beach in Sydney. Australia is facing one of the hottest summers on record, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s weather modelling.
Photograph: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images
Sunburnt schoolies relax in their motel room after a day at the beach in Byron Bay, NSW.
Photograph: Tajette O’Halloran/The Guardian
Nelli Chukanivska of Ukraine during round one the women’s Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series set against the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP
Cricket players in dramatic light during the Sheffield Shield match between Queensland and Victoria at the Gabba in Brisbane.
Photograph: Albert Perez/Getty Images
Daniel Hillier of New Zealand tees off on the 14th hole on day two of the ISPS Handa Australian Open 2024 at Victoria Golf Club in Melbourne.
Photograph: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
Australian whistleblower David McBride, a former British army major and Australian army lawyer, stands for a portrait in the visitation area at the Alexander Maconochie correctional centre in the Australian Capital Territory. McBride is imprisoned for leaking documents to the ABC that contained allegations of war crimes by Australian forces in Afghanistan.
Photograph: Adam Ferguson
Zoe Walker and her children Elke, seven, and Arlo, three, from Fyansford, near Geelong, take their turn to see the corpse flower in bloom at the Geelong Botanical Gardens.
Photograph: Penny Stephens/The Guardian
Anthony Albanese takes a selfie with Bluey and Bingo at the ABC Showcase in Parliament House, Canberra.
Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian
Thomas Carrick and his parents. Thomas, an NDIS recipient with an IQ of 71, was first reported to police by Victoria’s Department of Health and Human Services and then by his parents because of his fixation with Islamic State. It was found that the counter-terrorism police investigation conduct fell ‘profoundly short’ of minimum standards expected of law enforcement officers after they encouraged Thomas in his fixation on the group.
Photograph: Christopher Hopkins/The Guardian
The Carrick family.
Photograph: Christopher Hopkins/The Guardian
Lidia Thorpe during question time in the Senate chamber of Parliament House.
Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian
An aerial view of a single property on a large piece of land in an otherwise densely developed area of Sydney.
Photograph: Brook Mitchell/AFP/Getty Images
A section of the northern tailings dam wall of the Cadia goldmine in Orange, NSW, which collapsed in 2018. Nearby residents are expressing health concerns about potential contamination. Newmont Corporation, the mine’s owner, has filed a submission to continue mining at Cadia until at least 2050, a move the mining giant says will expand the goldmine’s footprint in the area.
Photograph: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images
A sulphur-crested cockatoo at Karlindy nature reserve in Barwite near Mansfield in rural Victoria.
Photograph: Penny Stephens/The Guardian
Protesters on day two of the the Rising Tide protest flotilla at Horseshoe beach in Newcastle.
Photograph: Dean Sewell/Oculi Photos/The Guardian
A Rising Tide protester is carried away by police in front of Parliament House in Canberra.
Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian
Lekaiya Rabbitt in a design by Belinda Osborne for the Lillian Frank MBE millinery award competition at the Birdcage during 2024 Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse.
Photograph: Wendell Teodoro/Getty Images
