The best photos of the month from the SMH photo team as chosen by our photojournalists.
1/23
The sun rises over the Illawarra, soon to be the site of an offshore wind farm.Credit:Kate Geraghty
2/23
A trek car on an outback road between Burra and Arkaroola. The Outback Car Trek raises funds each year for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, which provides medical care for Australians living in remote outback communities.Credit:Wolter Peeters
3/23
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, after arriving in Canberra by private jet.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
4/23
Textile artist Luise Elsing with one of her large crocheted works at her home. Blaze is inspired by Del Kathryn Barton’s film of the same name. Credit:Janie Barrett
5/23
Latrell Mitchell has declared he’s ready to wear the NSW jersey again.Credit:Wolter Peeters
6/23
John Greenway with his husband, Terry Goulden, at State Parliament House in Macquarie Street after NSW Premier Chris Minns delivered a State Apology in the Legislative Assembly for the Laws against Homosexual Acts.Credit:Louise Kennerley
7/23
An aerial view of the scene of a house explosion that killed one and injured five in Waikanda Crescent, Whalan.Credit:Nick Moir
8/23
Rescue efforts at the scene of the house explosion in Whalan.Credit:Edwina Pickles
9/23
Zahra Newman is starring in Dracula, the third part of Sydney Theatre Company’s gothic trilogy.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
10/23
Backstage at the Sydney Opera House for Opera Australia’s production of Suor Angelica, the second part of Puccini’s Triptych that will be staged in full.Credit:Janie Barrett
11/23
Dr Mariam Chaalan with her son Zach, who has mycoplasma pneumoniae. There is a shortage of antibiotics for children in Sydney.Credit:Janie Barrett
12/23
Yiningma lookout: Yiningma and Burrugula lookouts by CHROFI architects Steven Fighera and Luke Hannaford with a design by Bangawarra in collaboration with D’harawal eora Knowledge Keeper Dr Shannon Foster and Wugulora academic Jo Paterson Kinniburgh is nominated for the small projects category of the NSW Architecture Awards. Eight-year-old Justin Devens from Minnesota learnt the Indigenous words of the song to call the whales at the North Head site.Credit:Rhett Wyman
13/23
Jarryd Hayne leaves prison after his successful appeal.Credit:Steven Siewert
14/23
Long morning shadows of dogs and their owners walking and playing at Bayview Dog Park in Pittwater.Credit:Nick Moir
15/23
Dr Ian Wright, a professor of environmental science at the University of Western Sydney, tests for pollution in the water at Wheeny Creek, where building waste, including asbestos, has washed down from an illegal dump site at Blaxlands Ridge.Credit:Wolter Peeters
16/23
Artist Mark “Mook” Simpson at his studio in Alexandria.Credit:Dion Georgopoulos
17/23
Katya Matavilava moved to Woronora a few years ago and keeps experiencing floods. She would like to see better capacity management of Woronora Dam and better stormwater infrastructure.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
18/23
Chicago cast members Zoe Ventoura as Velma Kelly with dancers Devon Braithwaite and Hayden Baum at the Capital Theatre.Credit:Louise Kennerley
19/23
Dr Jane Goodall at the chimpanzee enclosure at Taronga Zoo.Credit:James Brickwood
20/23
A coercive control victim.Credit:Louie Douvis
21/23
Sisters Rose Patrick O’Connor, Marie Vertas, Mirium Bethel and Mary Grace as a swing towards conservatism among young Christians proceeds apace. Credit:Steven Siewert
22/23
Yanai, 7, is learning how to play the cello.Credit:Wolter Peeters
23/23
Early risers at Jeffrey Street Wharf as morning fog blows across Sydney Harbour.Credit:Sam Mooy
