The Age photos of the week, December 6, 2025
The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age
Sat, 06 Dec 2025 13:45:54 +1100
Open Original WebsiteTown and country: The bunfight over McDonald’s in two very different locations
Local councils have rejected the fast food outlet at two separate sites, but opponents say a legal challenge is inevitable.
Sat, 06 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +1100
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Test your knowledge of Melbourne and Victoria with Stephen Brook’s quiz.
Sat, 06 Dec 2025 07:45:18 +1100
Open Original WebsiteSEC fires up first public power asset since ’90s, but wind plans hit as AGL scraps Gippsland project
AGL-backed Gippsland Skies consortium is the third joint venture to walk away from early-stage studies for an offshore wind farm in Victoria.
Sat, 06 Dec 2025 07:09:24 +1100
Open Original WebsitePublic service report casts a harsh light on state’s spending
The government’s ambitions have galloped far ahead of its capacity to pay for or properly deliver them.
Sat, 06 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +1100
Open Original WebsiteOn State Library, knowing the price of all, but the value of nothing
The proposed changes to the State Library continue to prompt readers to react.
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 20:00:00 +1100
Open Original WebsiteJoy, heartbreak and everything in between: The storytellers who define moments
Interviewing candidates for our new role of visual stories trainee this week, I was struck by their passion. It’s easy to understand why.
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:55:00 +1100
Open Original Website‘Can we have more children, please?’ The $5.4 million school renovation sitting half-empty
This “state of the art” government school in Melbourne’s east is desperate for more children to teach.
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +1100
Open Original WebsiteSon of high-profile man found guilty of two counts of rape
A doctored Uber receipt helped convict the young man of raping a woman in his family home.
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:56:06 +1100
Open Original WebsiteGuns, pots and parmas: How a gang got away with the heist of the century
The inside story of the Great Bookie Robbery has finally been told – and it lifts the lid on a very clever diversion.
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:30:00 +1100
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Victim-survivors are being wrongly identified as perpetrators, services claim
Many victim-survivors are being traumatised by being wrongly targeted with intervention orders and other legal actions, sector experts say.
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 05:30:00 +1100
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The view from ‘Ivory Towers’ misses the reality
Age readers respond to proposed changes to the State Library.
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:00:00 +1100
Open Original WebsiteAlmost a year after synagogue firebombing, Jews gather in sorrow – and fear
International Jewish leaders have been told Australia has suffered the world’s most dramatic rise in the percentage of hate incidents against Jews during the past two years.
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 19:00:00 +1100
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Rainbow connection a bridge too far for warring councillors
Conduct breaches that led to the controversial sanction included not pausing for long enough during a debate, and the use of the word “duplicitousness”.
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 19:00:00 +1100
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Accused childcare paedophile charged with abusing more kids at more centres
Joshua Brown is now accused of abusing children from his very first job in childcare, as the police case against the 27-year-old widens to four centres.
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:59:31 +1100
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