THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS 1 ACT Chief Minister until 2014 (4,9) 10 Gold Coast suburb with a wildlife sanctuary (9) 11 Petrol company founded in Sydney in 1936 (5) 12 Swimmer of the Murray’s length in 2001, Tammy van … (5)

14 Neighbours TV mogul who died in 2016 (3,6) 15 Holiday town south of Coffs Harbour, … Heads (8) 16 Mandy McElhinny in PaperGiants, … King (4) 19 Flagon wine (coll) (4) 20 28-down’s drummer (3,5) 24 Nickname of Brisbane’s entertainment district (3,6) 25 Johanna Griggs’ ex-husband, Gary … (5) 26 BigBrother runner-up and Stuart in Neighbours, … McDonough (5) 27 Brand of bushman’s coat (5-4) 29 1980s and ‘90s South African and Australian batsman (6,7) DOWN 2 Outback education system, School of the … (3) 3 Cry of admiration (coll) (3,5) 4 ABC Lateline host, Emma … (8) 5 Wallabies captain at the 1995 World Cup, Michael … (6) 6 Graham Kennedy’s nickname (3,3) 7 Kim’s baby in Kath&Kim (8,3) 8 Caretaker PM in 1967-68, John ‘Black Jack’ … (6) 9 International cricketer and soccer player, … Perry (6) 13 Stevie in McLeod’sDaughters, … … Mackinnon (7,4) 17 England’s ‘leg theory’ of their 1932-33 Australian tour (8) 18 TV show, Dancingwith…… (3,5) 19 Baz Luhrmann film, TheGreat… (6) 21 Stuart Hwy town between Alice Springs and Tennant Creek (2,4) 22 Invasive introduced tree, camphor … (6) 23 Animal on the one cent piece, feathertail … (6) 28 Peter Garrett’s rock band, Midnight … (3)