THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS 1 Paul Bongiorno’s 1996-2012 Sunday morning talk show (4,3,5) 10 Kasey Chambers’ 1999 album,

The… (7) 11 Dr. Simon Bowen in ACountry

Practice, Grant … (7) 12 Ex-Liberal Senator and Australian Conservatives founder, … Bernardi (4) 13 Matthew Flinders’ partner in exploration (6,4)

15 The Getting of Wisdom author, Henry … Richardson (6) 16 2004 Olympic diving champion, Chantelle … (7) 20 Darwin’s annual … … Regatta, at Mindil Beach (4,3) 21 SBS GlobalVillage host, … Rivier (6) 24 Kylie Minogue’s first hit, in 1987 (10) 26 Sydney raceway shut in 2010, … Park (4) 28 Bart Cummings’ 1965 Melbourne Cup winner (7) 29 Brisbane newspaper, …Mail (7) 30 The first person to swim from Mexico to Cuba (5,7)

DOWN 2 South coast WA town (9) 3 Pest introduced in 1937, cane … (4) 4 Melissa George’s BBC spy drama (6) 5 MD A and CityHomicide star, Aaron … (8) 6 NSW Labor minister jailed for corruption in 2016 (5,5) 7 Jane Turner’s FastForward Russian TV host (5)

8 Looking for Ali brand is tar, Greta …(7) 9 Sam Worthington movie, …ofthe

Titans (5) 14 2012-13 NT Chief Minister (5,5) 17 Parramatta, Sydney arts centre, … Theatre (9) 18 Little River Band song, It’saLong

…… (3,5) 19 Slim Dusty’s pub in Duncan, The Town and … (7) 22 HMS Bounty’s commander, William … (5) 23 Monastery north of Perth, New … (6) 25 Supermarket chain bought by Wesfarmers in 2007 (5) 27 Late playwright and tautology expert, Alex … (4)