THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS 1 Stretch of sand south of Lakes Entrance, Victoria (6,4,5) 9 Melbourne criminal killed with Pasquale Barbaro, in 2003, Jason … (5) 10 Mr. Squiggle hostess and Picnic at Hanging Rock producer (3,6) 11 Banjo Paterson poem, The Man from… (8) 12 National anthem from 1984, Advance Australia… (4) 15 Ex-SBS newsreader and Choice spokeswoman (6,6) 18 Part-owner of South Sydney Rabbitohs with Russell Crowe, Peter … … … (6,1,5) 21 National security service from 1949 (1,1,1,1) 22 Victorian town destroyed in 2009 bushfires (8) 25 Kitty in The Sullivans, Susan … (9) 26 Site near Bingara, NSW, where Aborigines were massaced in 1838, … Creek (5) 27 Gold Coast centre, known as Elston until 1930 (7,8) DOWN 1 Town near Lismore, site of the 1973 Aquarius Festival (6) 2 Bouncer hero of Robert G. Barret’s books, Les … (6) 3 Jerry King in Skippy (4,6) 4 Pelican in Storm Boy (2,8) 5 Fijian-born ex-Wallabies winger, … Tuqiri (4) 6 Ex-Test batsman, David … (4) 7 The “City of Churches” (8) 8 Town near Albury called Germantown until 1915 (8) 13 Town near Cowra with a balloon festival (10) 14 Sydney’s main water supply, … Dam (10) 16 Iconic England-Australia cricket trophy (3,5) 17 Thank God You’re Here creator, Tom … (8) 19 Central NT desert (6) 20 Catch My Disease singersongwriter (3,3) 23 George Miller’s 1995 “sheep-pig” movie (4) 24 Dein Perry’s dance show, Tap… (4)

Yesterday’s solution

ACROSS: 1. Aussie Rules 9. Orroroo 10. San Remo 11. Torres 14. Moffat 15. Sharman 16. Snag 17. Rene 18. Bradman 19. Ilsa 20. Eden 21. De Groot 23. Gordon 24. Arthur 27. Orlando 28. Orpheus 29. Springfield. DOWN: 1. Aurora Australis 2. Sir Les 3. Idol 4. Ruse 5. Lennon 6. Sheffield Shield 7. Port Essington 8. Southern Cross 12. Shorten 13. Traders 14. Maranoa 21. Downer 22. Triple 25. Torn 26. Rolf.