THE AUSTRALIAN

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1 Hollywood actress who claimed she was born in Tasmania, Merle … (6) 5 Arnhem Land people of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (6) 10 Twin towns near Taree (7-8) 11 Malcolm Fraser’s quote, ‘Life wasn’t meant to be …’ (4) 12 Christine in TheLibrarians and Shaun Micallef’s MasAsHell co-star (3,7) 14 Numbering the ballot from top to bottom, … vote (6) 15 Sydney’s 2008 Catholic celebrations, World … … (5,3) 18 Creator of the Snugglepot and Cuddlepie series of books (3,5) 19 NSW town in Warrumbungle shire (6) 22 AC/DC’s schoolboy guitarist (5,5) 24 2006 Miss Australia, … McNaught (4) 26 Creator of Dad and Dave under the pen-name of Steel Rudd (6,4,5) 27 Magazine founded by Sir Frank Packer in 1933, … Weekly (6)

28 Hey,Hey,It’sSaturday host, Daryl … (6)

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2 The Triffids album, ……Devotional (4,5) 3 1970s advertising icon, … the Eta Eater (4) 4 Outback fern with edible spores (6) 5 AC/DC hit, ……MeAllNight

Long (3,5) 6 Kylie Minogue’s first hit, in 1987 (10) 7 Rubbish collector (coll) (5) 8 1962 IRememberYou singer, Frank … (6) 9 Ex-27-across food editor and Fresh host, … Milan (6)

13 ATownLikeAlice author (5,5) 16 Town 200km south of Darwin (4,5) 17 Islands near Geraldton, Houtman … (8) 18 2010 Commonwealth backstroke champion, … Nay (6) 20 Howard’s nickname, … John (6) 21 Kokoda Trail guides, ‘Fuzzy Wuzzy …’ (6) 23 John Gorton’s secretary, Ainsley … (5) 25 TheLastLeg host, … Hills (4)