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WEST BAY, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 01: A rubber dinghy is tossed by the waves as visitors take advantage of the fine weather ...

World of Photos

A selection of photographs from around the world by Fairfax Photo Editors.

In this image released by the Zoo Aquarium de Madrid, a newly born giant panda cub lies in a cot where vets examined ...

World of Photos

A selection of photographs from around the world by Fairfax Photo Editors.

Linda Burney member for Barton delivers her first speech at Parliament House.

Linda Burney makes maiden speech

Linda Burney delivered her maiden speech from the despatch box of the House of Reps. She is the first Indigenous woman to be elected to that chamber - representing Labor in the Sydney seat of Barton.

A bee flies over a sunflower on a field near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

World of Photos

A selection of photographs from around the world by Fairfax Photo Editors.

In this underwater picture a woman floats in a swimming pool during a summer day in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016 ...

World of Photos

A selection of photographs from around the world by Fairfax Photo Editors.

Bendigo St residents who have been protesting by living in State owned houses received a three week repreive this week ...

Squatters in Bendigo Street open up their homes

The 50 or so squatters, including children, who are occupying 14 houses, held a street festival in bright sunshine, two days after learning they would not be forcibly evicted for the next three weeks. Homeless woman Angela Edwards says squatting in a house in Bendigo Street, Collingwood, is giving her somewhere to spend precious time with her grandchildren.

Protesters gather in Melton South.

Anti-Islam protest at Melton housing estate

Groups including the United Patriots Front are protesting at Melton South's Hannah Watts Park against a development reportedly known as Iqra Village. Protesters claim the 75-lot development being built off Coburns Road in Melton South is a Muslim housing estate.

Maxwell Sanders

Photos of Maxwell Sanders' Warragul unit

When Maxwell Sanders moved out of his unit, he made sure it was spotless. So he was shocked when the Victorian Office of Housing sent him a cleaning bill for $2000.