The Sydney Morning Herald, Photos of the Week, May 11, 2023
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The week in photos from the award-winning SMH and AFR photographers.
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A snow storm blanketed the landscape at Jerangle, between Cooma and Canberra, last Sunday.Credit:Katie Phillips
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Casey Forbes, with her children Kane and Giselle, regularly uses the service of the Community Cafe Outreach Service in Sadleir, in Sydney’s south-west. The cafe relies on donations from major supermarket chains, local food providers and services for those doing it tough. Credit:James Brickwood
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Sydney Archbishop Kanishka Raffel was on leave during the coronation of King Charles III. Dean Sandy Grant presided over the service last weekend.Credit:Steven Siewert
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Judith Kirby is taking the Concord Golf Course to the Anti-Discrimination Board in Sydney, alleging that despite the equivalent members’ fees, women have less access to competitions and playing times.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Shoppers and workers enjoy the autumn sunshine in Sydney’s Pitt Street Mall on Tuesday.Credit:Flavio Brancaleone
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Zaachariaha Fielding is this year’s winner of the Wynne Prize for a monumental monochromatic work Inma that depicts movement and sounds from his home town of Mimili, a community in the eastern part of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.Credit:Steven Siewert
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Member for Ashton Mary Doyle is congratulated after her maiden speech to the House of Representatives in Parliament House, Canberra.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Budget week: Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton during question time in the House of Representatives.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Demi Brooker is a small business owner, working seven days a week as a dog minder and walker for her business ‘Demi’s Dog Walking’. She was hoping the budget would provide small businesses with tax breaks and a safety net for difficult times.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II hangs in The Royal Sydney Golf Club. The club was founded (as The Sydney Golf Club) in 1893 and was granted ‘Royal’ title four years later by Queen Victoria in 1897. Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Black Springs in the state’s Central West received a dumping of snow as a strong cold front hit NSW. Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Hersha Kadcol is studying to be a teacher while on welfare and says the indexation of HECS-HELP loans should end immediately. Credit:Nick Moir
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Designer Amber Symonds, with models in her designs, ahead of her runway show for Sydney Fashion Week.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Mount Druitt GP Kean-Seng Lim at his clinic. New bulk-billing incentives announced in the federal budget should stall the decline of free GP care, particularly in regional Australia, but doctors say the extra money won’t be enough to make out-of-pocket costs cheaper in the cities.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers is applauded by colleagues after the budget speech in Parliament on Tuesday night.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Anna Ludvik with her surviving horse Willis in Tregeagle, near Lismore. Anna has had two horses die recently after eating night-blooming jasmine (cestrum nocturnum), a plant that’s popular in gardens and still sold in nurseries.Credit:Elise Derwin
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NSW Premier Chris Minns during the first question time after winning the election. Credit:James Brickwood
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A surfer prepares to launch himself into the whitewash caused by large waves at Bronte Beach.
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NSW Premier Chris Minns during ceremonies at the opening of parliament in Sydney.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Former NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and Mark Latham during ceremonies at the opening of NSW parliament.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers at home with children Jack and Annabel ahead of the 2023 federal budget.Credit:Glenn Campbell
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Film Director Warwick Thornton, at Soundfirm in Sydney, as he finishes work on his film New Boy, ahead of the Cannes Film Festival and opening Sydney Film Festival. Credit:James Brickwood
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Bruce Lehrmann arrives at the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal in Canberra.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Snow-covered fields at Shooters Hill in the Central West following a cold front.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Crowds gathered at Trenerry Reserve Rock Platform to watch the big surf off Coogee.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Surfers tackle huge waves at Wedding Cake Island off Coogee. Credit:Brook Mitchell
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Rugged up: Jerangle, between Cooma and Canberra, is blanketed in snow.
Credit:Katie Phillips
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Residents along Moore Park Road and Rugby Australia are calling on City of Sydney Mayor Clover Moore to remove a pop-up cycleway.Credit:Dean Sewell
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British pride ahead of the coronation service at St Andrews Cathedral, Sydney.Credit:Steven Siewert
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NSW Premier Chris Minns pats an emu at the Wildlife Walkabout Sanctuary in Calga.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Also at the wildlife sanctuary, the premier sees eye to eye with a koala.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Police inspect a Service NSW office in Haymarket after an employee was stabbed.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Shadow Minister for Transport and Roads Natalie Ward during a press conference at NSW Parliament House.
Credit:Steven Siewert
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Julia Gutman, winner of the Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW, with her artwork titled ‘Head in the sky, feet on the ground’. Credit:Wolter Peeters
