THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS 1 Town between Lismore and Ballina (11) 9 Tenter field Saddler singer who married Liza Minnelli in 1967, Peter … (5) 10 Fictional poet used to hoax Angry Penguins magazine (3,6) 11 2009 and 2013 Brownlow medallist, son of ‘God’ (4,6) 12 Middle Chappell brother (4) 14 Craig McLachlan in Neighbours, Henry … (6) 16 Barossa Valley town originally called German Pass (8) 18 Leader of the 1966 Wave Hill Aboriginal stockmen’s strike, Vincent … (8) 19 Captain Bligh’s ship (6) 22 1976-86 NSW premier, Neville … (4) 23 Wedding Crashers star and partner of Sacha Baron Cohen (4,6) 26 Rupert Murdoch’s mother who died in 2013, aged 103 (9) 27 Born to Try singer … Goodrem (5) 28 Hawke’s Foreign Minister who had an affair with Cheryl Kernot (6,5)

DOWN 1 FAI boss jailed in 2005, Rodney … (5) 2 Late National Civic Council boss, B. A .…(10) 3 Butterflier with eight Olympic medals, Susie … (6) 4 Howard’s Immigration Minister Amanda … (8) 5 Cartoonist with The Australian, Bill … (4) 6 Kerry Packer’s Hunter Valley polo stud (9) 7 Uranium mine in Kakadu (6) 8 NSW town on the Bogan (6) 13 NSW town near Cowra, “Balloon Capital of Australia” (10) 15 Town and weir west of Perth (9) 17 Resort near Kempsey, … Head (8) 18 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll author, Ray … (6) 20 Southern Gippsland town (6) 21 Town near Port Macquarie, Lake … (6) 24 Spicks&Specks host, Adam … (5) 25 1995-2005 NSW premier, Bob … (4)