The Age photos of the week, October 25, 2025
We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.
The week in photos from award-winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age
1/34
Stylists Lindyn Rowland and Karinda Mutabazi with models Savannah Kruger and Tarik Ismat at Melbourne’s 1 Hotel, preparing for Melbourne Fashion Week.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS
2/34
Leading Senior Constable Brad Anderson with Major during a Victoria Police dog squad training exercise.Credit:Eddie Jim
3/34
Caulfield racing ambassador and influencer Mary Vitinaros.Credit:Eddie Jim
4/34
Reverend Bill Morgan turned 110 this week. He was at home at Cumberland View Aged Care, Wheelers Hill, surrounded by family, including great-grandson Flynn, 7.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS
5/34
Centre Road Bentleigh is one of Victoria’s most successful shopping strips, with one of the lowest vacancy rates in Victoria.Credit:Joe Armao
6/34
Bar Lourinha on Little Collins Street in Melbourne is a temple of tapas, but Sundays are all about paella.Credit:Chris Hopkins
7/34
Gary Allen has just sold the family home he built in Attwood and is sad to leave. Attwood is Melbourne’s most tightly held suburb, where property owners hold on to their homes for a median 22.7 years compared to 9.6 years in Melbourne overall, according to Cotality figures.Credit:Jason South
8/34
The Queensberry Cup annual billy cart race in North Melbourne.Credit:Joe Armao
9/34
Chris Gooden, president of the Seddon Village Traders Association, has weighed in on debate about increasing housing density in the inner west. He welcomes development, but says emphasis needs to be on creating neighbourhoods, not high-rise ghettos.Credit:Jason South
10/34
Brandon Lay and Tenisha Lim from Taylor’s Hill celebrate a $150 win at their first time at the races in the general admission area at the Caulfield Cup.Credit:Penny Stephens
11/34
Heath and Sophie Decker, pictured with their children Layla and Adeline, keep beehives on their property in Melbourne.Credit:Jason South
12/34
Brookfield resident Brad Bonnici has concerns that Melton residents have long been promised an upgrade to the Western Freeway, but it’s yet to materialise.Credit:Chris Hopkins
13/34
Basketballer Emmanuel “Manny” Malou offers free weekly training sessions as part of an outreach initiative to show teens from disadvantaged backgrounds in Melbourne’s western suburbs that there’s more to look forward to in life than petty crime and gang culture.Credit:Wayne Taylor
14/34
John Symons, president of the cycling advocacy group BikeWest, at the northern edge of the Ashley Road railway underpass, which he says needs to be upgraded as part of plans to build higher-density housing. The underpass floods in heavy rain and is the entrance to Tottenham station, one of 50 areas across Melbourne the Victorian government has earmarked for apartments up to 12 storeys tall.Credit:Chris Hopkins
15/34
Anti-immigration protesters turn out in Melbourne under the March for Australia banner. City retailers frustrated about frequent disruption to trade have called for restrictions on protests in the city. Premier Jacinta Allan has rejected calls for a protest permit system and defended the right to protest peacefully.Credit:Paul Jeffers
16/34
Business management has become one of the most popular subjects for VCE at Tintern Grammar School. Teacher James Henderson and year 12 students Matilda Bailye and Tom Hutcheon.Credit:Eddie Jim
17/34
Mary Vitinaros at the 149th running of the Caulfield Cup.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
18/34
El Columpio’s Ricardo Garcia Flores at his new “taqueria and marisqueria” (taco and seafood restaurant) in St Kilda.Credit:Penny Stephens
19/34
Burns Reserve off-leash dog beach is a popular bayside playground for locals in Seaholme, west of Melbourne.Credit:Luke Hemer
20/34
Hawthorn legends farewell John Kennedy snr statue from Waverley Park.Credit:Wayne Taylor
21/34
Fashion designer Jason Grech and model Portia Jade Talib at the Melbourne Recital Centre.Credit:Alex Coppel
22/34
Developer Ross Pelligra outside the historic John Darling and Son Flour Mill in Albion, west of Melbourne.Credit:Jason South
23/34
Private security firm YPG Risk guards Tavita Pomale, Grant Burton and Kevin Wiegal in Wyndham Vale responding to youth crime in the western suburbs of Melbourne.Credit:Alex Coppel
24/34
Alanna Smith in Melbourne in between WNBA seasons. She was recently named co-defensive player of the year, a big honour and the first time an Australian has won the award since 2007.Credit:Joe Armao
25/34
Yarraville resident Sarah Tartakover, who lives near one of the two West Gate Tunnel vents, is calling for filters to be urgently added.Credit:Alex Coppel
26/34
Gale-force wind caused havoc across the state this week, including a few hair-raising moments on the corner of Spencer and Bourke Streets in Melbourne.Credit:Joe Armao
27/34
Waves crash against Mornington Pier as strong winds batter the state.Credit:Alex Coppel
28/34
Incontinence affects over 2.4 million men and boys in Australia, yet continence bins are uncommon in men’s bathrooms. Alan White, who lives with incontinence, wants to see more bins in toilets around Australia, particularly at sporting venues.Credit:Paul Jeffers
29/34
Leggings are the latest trend caught in the generational crosshairs between Millennials and Gen Z. According to some members of the latter generation on TikTok, leggings – specifically the plain black, full length kind – are yesterday’s news, and a telltale sign of one’s age. Georgia Cranswick, a physiotherapist and pilates instructor, is a reformed legging devotee, opting now for natural fibres such as merino wool, which is odour resistant, moisture wicking and breathable.Credit:Eddie Jim
30/34
Melbourne Rock Candy Company CEO Steve Scott making Castlemaine Rock in his Kyabram factory. The iconic boiled lolly brand Castlemaine Rock that was founded in 1853 and folded in 2018 has been resurrected. Steve has been making sweets since he was 12 years old.Credit:Joe Armao
31/34
Victoria Police dog squad members Senior Constable Lachie McGarvie (left) with Odin, Leading Senior Constable Brad Anderson with Major, Acting Senior Sergeant Mark Boysen, Acting Sergeant Devon Eddy with Nugget and Leading Senior Constable Joel Read with Frank.Credit:Eddie Jim
32/34
Powerlifter Lara Jones, 16, works with a qualified coach who has developed a training program appropriate for her age. Large national surveys, including the AUSPLAY sport participation survey and the National Health Survey from the ABS, show that “fitness/gym” was the top-ranked activity for 15 to 17-year-olds in 2024, with a participation rate of about 30 per cent.Credit:Eddie Jim
33/34
Maribyrnong Mayor Pradeep Tiwari at the site of the Little Saigon Market, which burnt down in 2016.Credit:Joe Armao
34/34
Long-term foster carer Sara has had 400 foster children living in the family home with her husband and three kids over 19 years. This year, her allowance to cover living expenses for high-needs children in her care has been slashed. She is out of pocket and the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing is refusing to pay her back, leaving her with no choice other than to stop offering foster care.Credit:Jason South
