THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS 1 Commuter town 50km west of Melbourne (7,5) 9 Home-ground football code, Aussie … (5) 10 Menzies ‘42 speech on his political philosophy, ‘The .. People’ (9) 11 2013 BlueJasmine Oscar winner Cate … (9) 12 Lee Kernaghan’s sister (5) 13 Blue Mountains lookout, Govetts … (4) 14 VFL goal kicking record holder before Tony Lockett, Gordon … (8) 18 Universal health scheme introduced in 1984 (8)

19 SpicksandSpecks group, The Bee … (4) 23 Construction and mining union (1,1,1,1,1) 25 South African-born Westpac boss until 2015 (4,5) 26 2009-11 Qld Liberal National Party leader, John-Paul … (9) 27 Edible wood-boring beetle larvae, … grubs (5) 28 1983 America’s Cup-winning

AustraliaII skipper (4,8) DOWN 1 Outback Murrumbidgee town (9) 2 Caddie author, Dymphna .. (6)

3 WakeUp newsreader, Nuala … (6) 4 General who directed Darwin’s rebuilding after Cyclone Tracy, Alan … (8) 5 Limestone pillars near Port Campbell, Twelve … (8) 6 Common type of bowerbird (5) 7 Yothu Yindi album, …Voice (6) 8 2007 ARIA winners, … Sound System (6) 15 Major Melbourne hospital, in Prahran (3,6) 16 Heidelberg School painter, Frederick … (8)

17 StormBoy star (4,4) 18 2014 Commonwealth javelin champion, Kim … (6) 20 1985 Wimbledon doubles champion and TV commentator, Liz (6) 21 Permit allowing a convict some freedoms, … of leave (6) 22 Rabbit-felt hat made in Kempsey (6)

24 ThisIsYourLife host, Mike … (5)