The Age photos of the week, March 21, 2026

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Larpent dairy farmer Mark Billing is facing major price increases due to the rising costs of fuel and fertiliser.Credit:Nicole Cleary

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Vixens defender Rudi Ellis ahead of the Super Netball season.Credit:Justin McManus

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Melbourne casting director Thea McLeod, of McLeod Casting, is rejoicing that The Oscars are finally recognising casting directors this year.Credit:Chris Hopkins

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Sisters Adelle and Claudia Frittitta, born 15 years apart, were close and adoring in Claudia’s earlier years, then drifted apart. They have recently been brought back together as collaborators on books about their Nonno and Nonna and in caring for their dad during brain cancer.Credit:Justin McManus

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Lee Johnson with Bluey, who was her daughter’s dog and is now a comfort dog for Lee and the family. Lee Johnson’s child, Bellamy Nieto, died by suicide at Swanston Centre – a mental health facility in Geelong. The family is suing Barwon Health over Bellamy’s death.Credit:Justin McManus

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George Calombaris says the 2017 underpayments scandal that rocked his restaurant empire was the worst time of his life.Credit:Sitthixay Ditthavong

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Kate Geraghty’s powerful photograph of a Lebanese emergency first responder kissing the head of an elderly man moments after a building in the Bachoura district in central Beirut was hit by one of three Israeli airstrikes on March 12.Credit:Kate Geraghty

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Somali Community Inc president Farah Warsame is being evicted at the end of Ramadan from his office premises at the bottom of one of the Kensington community housing towers. For more than 20 years, the community organisation has operated without a lease out of two offices on the ground floor of the towers, both of which are scheduled for demolition this year.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui

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After 52 years, the family-run M&G Caiafa bread and pastry shop at Queen Victoria Market has closed. Michael Caiafa, Michelle, Mary-Jane and son Michael gathered to mark their last trading day.Credit:Simon Schluter

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Narges, an Iranian refugee, has been waiting years for an outcome on her asylum case.Credit:Jason South

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Thomas Pozzer has one primary residence and three investment properties, and he’s putting away a lot “for a rainy day” and watching how he spends.Credit:Ruby Alexander

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Rachael O’Dowd was distressed by what she found at her late mother’s house, which was illegally accessed by the agent who had purchased her home weeks before the settlement. He started building works on the home without her permission, while she still owned it.Credit:Justin McManus

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Roger Lloyd inside one of the graffiti-covered military structures on Point Lonsdale foreshore. Locals want the area’s history preserved.Credit:Eddie Jim

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Bendigo Croquet Club, Barnard Street, Bendigo. Maggie Burke, Rod Arnold, Carolyn Hamilton, Jenny Brennan, Phil DeAraugo and Brian Loughran at what remains to be a levelled and undeveloped site.Credit:Jason South

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Michael Rowland’s ABC exit interview was at Italian institution Il Solito Posto, Melbourne.Credit:Eddie Jim

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Domenic and Belinda Minieri at their new pool in Mount Eliza. The suburb has the most pools of any suburb in Greater Melbourne.Credit:Joe Armao

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Martin and Claire Friedrich in the home they designed in Brighton.Credit:Simon Schluter

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North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson knows the challenges facing his club, but he’s also seen sides rise from similar depths.Credit:Jason South

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Con Skordilis’ collection of vintage IKEA includes the PS Nybygge 2012 shelves in his kitchen, the 1970 Mila chair, and the 2002 Jonisk lamp at rear.Credit:Justin McManus

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Architect Jos Tan designed a Brunswick West home for his family.Credit:Jason South