THE AUSTRALIAN

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ACROSS

1 P.J. Hasham in BlueHeelers (6,5) 9 Insurance company formed by the NRMA (1,1,1) 10 Rolf de Heer’s 1993 movie starring Nicholas Hope (3,3,5) 11 Bindi Irwin’s nature documentary series (6,4) 12 Soccer competition won by Australia in 2015, … Cup (4) 14 Ibrahim Abu Mohamed’s title, Grand … of Australia (5) 16 Sheep farmers (coll) (7) 18 NSW’s floral emblem (7) 19 2007 Silverchair single from Young Modern, Straight… (5) 22 Cane toad’s scientific name, … marinus (4) 23 Guantanamo Bay prisoner released in 2007 (5,5) 26 Ray Lindwall’s Test fast bowling partner, nicknamed Nugget (5,6) 27 Great Ocean Road town in the Christmas Day fires of 2005, … River (3) 28 Nickname for West Australians (11)

DOWN

1 Supermodel and ex- Project Runway host, … Gale (5) 2 1997-2003 Wheel of Fortune host (3,7) 3 Jamie Packer’s older daughter (6) 4 Little River Band singer, Glenn … (8) 5 Stagecoach company whose last run was in 1924, … & Co (4) 6 Australian Idol winner and Eurovision contestant, Guy … (9) 7 200m high Kakadu falls (3,3) 8 Introduced pest birds, Indian … (6) 13 Sun Music composer, Peter … (10) 15 Jeremy Sims ABC volunteer firefighter series (9) 17 1890 Tom Roberts painting, …the Rams (8) 18 Ex-Broncos and Qld front-rower and TV presenter, Shane … (6) 20 Cornelia Frances in TheYoung Doctors, … Scott (6) 21 Melbourne’s tallest office building, … Towers (6) 24 Phillip Island’s main town (5) 25 Outback camel driver (coll) (4)