THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS

1 2002-06 Commonwealth marathon champion who died in 2008 (6,6) 9 2005 John Jarratt horror film (4,5) 10 Ellen ‘Mac’ Mackenzie in Stingers, … Hegh (5) 11 Energetic person (coll) (4) 12 First explorer to cross the Nullarbor, in 1841 (6,4) 14 Matthew Flinders’ boat (3,5) 15 Australian Wheat Board chair during the Iraqi bribery scandal, Trevor … (6) 18 Rock formation near Port Campbell that collapsed in 1990, … Arch (6) 19 Chris Lilley TV comedy,

WeCan…… (2,6) 22 Shine and RedDog star (4,6) 24 Memories&Dust singer, Josh … (4) 26 Tram union leader jailed in 1969, sparking a national strike, Clarrie … (5) 27 2000 Olympic 200m sprint finalist, Melinda … (9)

28 RustyBugles playwright, Sumner … … (5,7)

DOWN

1 Early 1900s swimmer and actress, Annette … (9) 2 Victorian motorists association (1,1,1,1) 3 Aboriginal community NW of Alice Springs (8) 4 Slim Dusty’s widow, Joy … (6) 5 2015 Sia song (10) 6 Another name for the soldier bird, … miner (5) 7 Trinidadian ex-Sydney FC star, … Yorke (6) 8 Aboriginal community SE of Darwin also called Port Keats (6) 13 Remote bush country (3,7) 16 Surfer who leads with the right foot (9) 17 Canberra institution opened in 1941, Australian War … (8) 18 Swimmer Libby Trickett’s maiden name (6) 20 Swimwear first made in Sydney in 1927 (6) 21 Beef town near Lismore (6)

23 BrushwithFame TV host (3,2) 25 Operator of Victoria’s Longford gas plant (4)