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1 Sarah O’Hare’s husband, and father of Kalan, Aidan and Aerin (7,7) 10 WWII machine carbine, the “Digger’s Darling” (4,3) 11 Manchester-born ex- Gardening
Australia host, Peter … (7) 12 Meryl Streep’s Lindy Chamberlain movie, Evil… (6) 13 Brightly coloured parrots (8) 15 News Ltd journalist called “The Poison Dwarf” by Paul Keating (5,5) 16 Melbourne’s outdoor venue, the Sidney … Music Bowl (4) 19 Triple 2008 Olympic swimming champion, Stephanie … (4) 21 Whitlam minister and Maralinga Royal Commissioner, “Diamond” Jim … (10) 24 Gold Coast casino (8) 25 Jockey Arthur Breasley’s nickname (6) 27 Coastal village near Kempsey (3,4) 28 Dangerous current over a reef (7) 29 Swedish naturalist who was the botanist on the Endeavour (6,8)
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2 Soccer competition founded in 2005 (1-6) 3 Qld journalist who wrote Overthe
TopwithJim (4,4) 4 2007-2012 Qld Premier, … Bligh (4) 5 Ranges near Alice Springs (10) 6 Fastest shearer in the shed (6) 7 US-born politician who selected the site for Canberra, King … (7) 8 Town south of Kununurra, WA, … Creek (5) 9 Tweed Coast town (8)
14 StrictlyBallroom star who was married Anthony LaPaglia (3,7) 17 1999-2005 Democrats Senator, Aden … (8) 18 The voice of Dickie Knee, John … (8) 20 Gwydir dam near Inverell (7) 22 2003-04 V8 Supercars champion, Marcos … (7) 23 Author of OnOurSelection, … Rudd (6) 24 Nickname of Joseph Thomas, tried on terrorism charges in 2006, … Jack (5) 26 Grant Dodwell ‘80s comedy series,
Willingand… (4)