Fairfax photos of the week
A week in photos from award winning Fairfax photographers for the week ending February 16, 2017. Like these photos? Selected images available from www.fairfaxphotos.com. Follow us on Twitter and check out our Clique Photo Club. It is free to join.
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Swimmers cool off at Clovelly beach during an intense heatwave in Sydney. Photo: Janie Barrett -
Farmers battle a fire that started with a lightning strike near a larger blaze west of Cassilis. Photo: Nick Moir -
Farmers battle a fire near Cassilis in the central west of New South Wales. Photo: Nick Moir -
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with Isaac when he visited Goodstart Early Learning Centre in Canberra. Photo: Andrew Meares -
Jo Wallace with her children Jack, Ruby, and Charlie. Jo had cervical cancer and is a great campaigner for having her children vaccinated against getting certain cancers. Photo: Steven Siewert -
Rehearsal for the Myer Autumn 2017 Fashion Launch, Melbourne. Photo: Simon Schluter -
Michaela with her daughter Ciara, 7, Rory, 9, and her husband Aran. Ciara has neuroblastoma which is in remission after treatment six years ago. Photo: Wolter Peeters -
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe with Foreign Affairs minister Julie Bishop at Parliament House in Canberra. Photo: Andrew Meares -
Grant Hackett leaves Southport watchhouse, Gold Coast. Photo: Chris Hyde -
Rock legend Suzi Quatro in Sydney. Photo: Steven Siewert -
Flames leap out of a large pine plantation behind Westmorland, along Worsleys Spur, consumed by the huge fire on the Port Hills, Christchurch, New Zealand. Photo: Joseph Johnson -
Race horse Maven Wiz being sprayed, during Sydney heatwave, with chilled water to keep cool. Photo: Steven Siewert -
Protest mark through Redfern and then to Town Hall for the '12th Rally for Justice' for TJ Hickey. Photo: Nic Walker -
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announcing on Tuesday that the government would proceed with the five merger proposal across Sydney. Photo: Louise Kennerley -
Choreographer Mia Michaels. Photo: Steven Siewert -
Rebel Kenna and Paul Jones run through the rain after getting married on a rainy day in Kirribilli, Sydney. Photo: Janie Barrett -
Phil Hazell who suffers from dementia, with his companion/assistance dog. Photo: Steven Siewert -
A bushfire that started near Leadvill, east of Duneedoo in the NSW Central tablelands ripped through bush and grasslands in a day that NSW fire authorities classified as catastrophic. Sheep and cattle manouvre around a dam to avoid a fast running bushfire, as the fire front moved East. Photo: Dean Sewell/Oculi -
NSW RFS crew members from the Cumberland Strike Team, take a rest after a long day tackling a large grass fire near Wollar, in the Greater Hunter region of NSW. Photo: Wolter Peeters -
Denise Scott and Judith Lucy. Photo: Simon Schluter -
Bushfire brought down power poles at Uarbry and along the Golden Highway to Dubbo. Photo: Nick Moir -
Laura Brown, editor-in-chief of InStyle Magazine and former Features/Special Projects and Executive Director of Harper's Bazaar magazine. Photo: James Brickwood -
Robert Xie sentenced to five life sentences for the murder of his wife's family. Photo: Michele Mossop -
Arthur the French Bulldog makes the most of the dog friendly beach at Wanda, at the start of a extremely hot day in Sydney. Photo: John Veage -
Protestors during the dolphin show at Seaworld on the Gold Coast. Photo: Glenn Hunt -
Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose (left) and guitarist Slash perform at the MCG. Photo: Paul Rovere -
Matt Black with his cat Isis, of Parramatta, keeps his cats in a purpose built cat enclosure in his backyard. Photo: Wolter Peeters -
John Polsen, Australian director and founder of Tropfest, at Parramatta Park. Photo: James Brickwood -
Scientists, Dr Shweta Tikkoo, (left) and Dr Devanshi Seth in the Centenary Institute, Camperdown, Sydney. Photo: Janie Barrett -
Locals cool off at Yarramundi Reserve on the Grose River, Richmond, where it reached 44C as part of the three day heat wave. Photo: James Brickwood -
Opera House CEO Louise Herron. Photo: Louise Kennerley -
Auchenflower couple Marie and John D'Alton celebrate 57 years together ahead of Valentine's Day, in Brisbane. Photo: Lisa Maree Williams -
Former Liberal MP and Sky News host Ross Cameron at the Sydney fundraiser for Kirralie Smith of the Australian Liberty Alliance held at North Ryde RSL. Photo: Wolter Peeters
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