The Age photos of the week, June 20, 2026

1/20 Five young soccer players at Socceroo midfielder Connor Metcalfe's former school, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School. Fron row , Eden, Harriet. Rear Katherine , Riley, Orpheus and Samuel Credit:Jason South 2/20 Talika Thomas has founded She Share, Australia's first dedicated women-only housemate-finding website.

It launched about two months ago, and already has about 800 users.Credit:Wayne Taylor 3/20 Australian Ballet. Copland Ballet Dance Episodes dancers, Precious Adams, Jeremy Hargreaves and Riley Lapham.

Credit:Simon Schluter 4/20 Elisabeth Vodicka and her labradoodle Rock Hudson. Elisabeth has concerns that the MCC master plan amounts to the privatisation of Yarra Park.Credit:Justin McManuis 5/20 95yo, Liz Hicklin will give a one-woman show, '95 and Still Alive' telling stories from her life at the upcoming Glen Eira Storytelling Festival, including how she was British poet Ted Hughes' lover, she suffered the tragic loss of her two daughters from suicide, worked as a nurse and ran a doll shop and a pet shop.

Credit:Wayne Taylor 6/20 Friends With Frank fashion label founder Julia McCarthy.Credit:Simon Schluter 7/20 Peter Clemenger, the 98yo founder of the Clemenger Advertising agency at NGV Garden Restaurant.Credit:Justin McManus 8/20 Kantan owner-chef Hisham Abdullah thinks curry laksa has a familiar flavour profile.

Credit:Simon Schluter 9/20 Birrarung Valley Walk Charley Woolmore, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Corp, Nichola Lefroy, Ex. Director Birrarung Valley Walk and Chris Chesterfield, Board member Director Birrarung Valley Walk. Plans are under way to develop a 13-day hike along the length of the Yarra River, from Williamstown Beach to the Upper Yarra Reservoir.

Credit:Justin McManus 10/20 Sandy Point is loved by residents and holidaymakers and is facing the possible closure of the Sandy Point Caravan Park.Credit:Joe Armao 11/20 The late David Hockney, pictured in 2016 at his solo exhibition, featuring hundreds of works from the past decade of his career at the NGV.Credit:Joe Armao 12/20 Turkish football fans Aren and Ceyhun Erkan show their support for the national team at a live site viewing of the Turkiye vs Australia World Cup match.

Credit:Chris Hopkins 13/20 Fans celebrate the Socceroos second goal in the second half of the Australia V Turkey FIFA World Cup game at Federation Square.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS 14/20 After being victim to repeated break ins and car thefts, Chris Sallmann has installed comprehensive security measurers at his home.Credit:Joe Armao 15/20 Alisha Dopper, of Safety Xpress, said there was growing demand for bollards for residential use.

Credit:Ruby Alexander 16/20 Lincraft managing director John Maguire announced it is officially closing all of its physical retail stores across Australia and New Zealand to transition to an online-only business model.Credit:Justin McManus 17/20 Lara Leung, a high school student, was kicked off social media due to the new laws banning use by minors in Australia.Credit:Ruby Alexander 18/20 Doula Emily Lal leaves the Victorian Coroners Court on Tuesday.

Inquest into the death of Seaford woman and wellness influencer Stacey Warnecke, the nutrition influencer who died from a postpartum haemorrhage and suffered multiple cardiac arrests after being taken to hospital following complications after a free birth attended by Emily Lal.Credit:Wayne Taylor 19/20 Inside the new K Home store in Box Hill South.Credit:Joe Armao 20/20 Marion Sitter and Heather Brown are both residents in Port Melbourne who are begging for help from the council, the government etc to find a solution to the area's hooning problem.

Thousands of residents are being kept awake every night when hoons gather, particularly around Station Pier.Credit:Joe Armao