THE AUSTRALIAN

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ACROSS

1 ABC Kitchen Cabinet host (7,5) 9 Brush with Fame host (3,2) 10 Ex-whaling town near Warrnambool, Victoria (4,5) 11 Australia’s highest peak, named by Paul Strzelecki after a Polish national hero (10) 12 Anti-skin cancer slogan, “Slip, …, Slap” (4) 14 Snowy river tributary, … Buggan (6) 16 Melbourne bridge that collapsed in 1970, killing 35 (8) 18 Delta Goodrem’s second album, Mistaken… (8) 19 Test batsman until 2006, Damien … (6) 22 2003-05 Melbourne Cup winner, Makybe … (4) 23 Cocktail star married to actress and director Rachel Ward (5,5) 26 Test keeper after Ian Healy, Adam … (9) 27 Bennelong Point landmark, Sydney … House (5) 28 Andrew O’Keefe game show (4,2,2,4)

DOWN

1 England-Australia cricket trophy (5) 2 Mulholland Drive and Diana star (5,5) 3 John Howard on a comeback, “Lazarus with a triple …” (6) 4 Brightly-coloured parrot, rainbow … (8) 5 Ex-Wallabies winger, Joe … (4) 6 Miles Franklin novel, My… Career (9) 7 NSW town, site of The Dish observatory (6) 8 Qld Mary River town where gold was discovered in 1867 (6) 13 Islands between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, North and South … (10) 15 The Secret River author, Kate … (9) 17 2012 Archibald Prize-winning artist, Tim … (8) 18 Beechworth’s valley and shire, Victoria (6) 20 NSW Bogan river town (6) 21 Angry Anderson’s band, Rose … (6) 24 When I Think About Angels country singer, Jamie … (5) 25 Independent MP for Wills after Bob Hawke, … Cleary (4)