THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS

1 George Miller’s Babe sequel (3,2,3,4) 9 Resources minister who resigned over Italian dual citizenship concerns, Matt … (7) 10 Dein Perry’s 2000 tap dance film starring Sam Worthington (4,3) 11 ALP speech writer and True

Believers author, Bob … (5) 12 Native tree and a town near Richmond, NSW (9) 13 Grace in TheSullivans, … Bayly (8) 15 Australia’s oldest public building, Sydney … (4) 18 Honour reinstated by Tony Abbott in 2014 (4)

19 TheAge cartoonist, Ron … (8) 23 Town between Balranald and Deniliquin (9) 24 Melbourne rail operator, … Trains (5) 26 Site of Australia’s largest gold robbery, by Frank Gardiner in 1862 (7) 27 Former NSW number plate logo: ‘… 2000’ (7) 28 Original BeautyandtheGeek host and star of Wentworth (7,5)

DOWN

1 Rob Sitch’s talk show, The… (5) 2 Australia-India cricket’s Border … Trophy (8)

3 Woman’sDay editor played by Mandy McElhinney in the Paper

Giants miniseries (4,4) 4 Cyclist and Menzies minister, Sir … Opperman (6) 5 Howard’s Communications minister, Helen … (6) 6 Gold Coast hinterland mountain (9) 7 1947-53 Governor General, Sir William … (6) 8 Heath Ledger’s Batman movie,

TheDark… (6) 14 Uranium mine near Darwin, closed in 1971 (3,6) 16 Tourist island near Townsville (8)

17 Wilfred and Lowdown star (4,4) 18 Anne Summers’ colonial history,

…WhoresandGod’sPolice (6) 20 Excellent (coll) (6) 21 Town near Geelong, … Heads (6) 22 Adelaide Hills national park (6) 25 Youngest son in TheSullivans (5)