THE AUSTRALIAN
ACROSS 1 Triple J scientist, Dr. Karl … (12) 10 1962 and 1969 tennis Grand Slam winner, Rod … (5) 11 Caretaker PM after Joe Lyons’ death in 1939 (5,4) 12 Flowering inland pest plant that’s poisonous to stock (7,3) 13 Village between Narrabri and Gunnedah, … Baa (4) 15 Tina Turner song used by the ARL, …the Best (6) 17 Colonial immigrant worker on the old $5 note, … Chisholm (8) 19 Town near Byron Bay (8) 20 Mongrel dog (coll) (6) 23 Mornington Peninsula chairlift, Arthur’s … (4) 24 David Bishop in Neighbours, Kevin … (10) 27 Melbourne’s Walter & … … Institute for Medical Research (5,4) 28 Type of native pigeon (5) 29 December to March in Darwin (3,3,6)
DOWN 2 Cold Chisel song, Bow… (5) 3 Governor General who opened the Sydney Olympics, … … Deane (3,7) 4 26-down subsidiary that runs Ranger uranium mine, … Resources Australia (6) 5 Town between Kalgoorlie and Esperance (8) 6 Cape York town named after a Dutch East Indies governor (4) 7 Icehouse singer-songwriter (3,6) 8 Bundaberg-born ‘Queen of Song’, … Moncrieff (6) 9 Kylie’s 2014 album, Kiss…… (2,4) 14 Cosi playwright (5,5) 16 Simon Baker’s US crime series, The… (9) 18 Northern Beaches Sydney suburb (4,4) 19 Farm vehicle, ‘paddock …’ (coll) (6) 21 Megan Gale TV fashion show, Project… (6) 22 Bluey star, Lucky … (6) 25 Melbourne-based mining company, Rio … (5) 26 Magda Szubanski’s ‘sheep-pig’ movie (4)
Yesterday’s solution ACROSS: 1. Sunshine State 10. Holgate 11. Coetzee 12. Duds 13. Federation 15. Gulgong 16. Tubby 19. Diary 20. Yardley 23. Cape Barren 25. Girl 27. Mullock 28. Elliott 29. Western Sydney. DOWN: 2. Ulladulla 3. Soak 4. Icebergs 5. Exceed 6. The Rafters 7. Tozzi 8. The Dog 9. Seeney 14. Tony Abbott 17. Bullimore 18. Pyrenees 19. Decima 21. Yalata 22. Croker 24. Pulse 26. Glad.