THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS 1 Labor MP for Dobell convicted of theft in 2014 (5,7) 9 Ex- 7.30 host, Chris … (7) 10 Town 90km north of Tamworth (7)

11 T heAustralian cartoonist who died in 2017, Bill … (4) 12 Alex Dimitriades TV series,

…High (10) 14 Rainforest timber that was used for furniture (3,5)

15 NewIdea editor played by Rachel Griffiths in PaperGiants, … Boling (6) 18 Aboriginal hut (6) 19 Parrot fed at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, rainbow … (8)

22 VicarofDibley star and Australia’s GotTalent judge (4,6) 24 Great Australian BakeOff co-host, … Gare (4) 26 Jon English’s ‘70s TV series,

…theWind (7) 27 Schoolteacher (coll) (7) 28 1993 The Cruel Sea album,

……IsOver (3,9) DOWN 1 Racing commentator, Ken … (9) 2 Kevin Bloody Wilson song, Living

NextDoorto… (4) 3 Namoi town, home of AgQuip (8) 4 Second-oldest state capital (6) 5 Wizard Home Loans founder and

TheApprentice host (4,6) 6 Lachlan Murdoch’s wife, Sarah … (5) 7 Victorian ski resort, Mt … (6) 8 Kyle Sandilands’ radio partner, … O(6) 13 Posthumous 1977 Oscar winner for

Network (5,5) 16 Unlabelled wine bottle (coll) (9) 17 Cattle farmer (coll) (3,5) 18 Leisel Jones and Jessicah Schipper’s coach, Stephan … (6) 20 1980s swimmer, 400m and 800m freestyle world record holder, … Wickham (6) 21 The boys’ school in Jam’ie:Private

SchoolGirl, … Grammar (6) 23 Sam Worthington movie sequel,

…oftheTitans (5) 25 Blue pointer shark (4)