THE AUSTRALIAN

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1 Singer who was Nikki Spencer in EStreet and star of Swift & Shift Couriers (7,6) 10 Earth pigment used in Aboriginal art (5) 11 Newsfront and Dead-Calm director (4,5) 12 Cate Blanchett’s character in Lord of the Rings (9) 13 Kane Albert in House-Husbands, … Grantley (5) 15 1990s Socceroos coach, … Blanco (4) 16 Little River Band’s 1975 song, It’s a Long…… (3,5) 19 Fashion designer and Richard Wilkins’ ex-partner, Collette … (8) 20 Miss Helena’s children’s show, Romper… (4) 24 Baby Animals’ first hit single, …Warning (5) 25 1980s ‘Golden girl’ of Australian fashion (4,5) 26 WA senator and Malcolm Turnbull’s Employment Minister, … Cash (9) 28 Wil Anderson’s ABC comedy, The… House (5) 29 The Black Sorrows’ 1990 hit (6,3,4)

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2 Seven Little Australians author (5,6) 3 Nutri-Metrics founder, … Roche (6) 4 Backyard sewage system, … tank (6) 5 Historic jail near Kempsey (5,3) 6 Heath Ledger’s medieval movie, ……Tale (1,7) 7 Delta Goodrem’s 2002 hit single, Bornto… (3) 8 Grubby person, ‘soap …’ (coll) (6) 9 Wacky Mike Walsh Show personality, … Little (6) 14 1997 Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds album, ……Call (3,8) 17 Sydney Trains’ name until 2013 (8) 18 Darwin pearling company (8) 19 1986 Dragon album, …of Ordinary Men (6) 21 WWI military commander, General Sir John … (6) 22 Sunbaker photographer, Max … (6) 23 Uranium mine surrounded by Kakadu National Park (6) 27 Rural women’s group founded in 1922 (1,1,1)