THE AUSTRALIAN
ACROSS
1 Nine’s comedy drama with Gyton Grantley and Firass Dirani (5,8) 10 Sydney Harbour suburb near
The Gap, ... Bay (7)
11 Barney in Rake, Russell ... (7) 12 TV personality and Bianca’s father, ... Dye (4)
13 Soprano born Helen Mitchell in Richmond in 1861, ... ... Melba (4,6) 16 Tussock grass used to stabilise dunes (8)
17 Warrigals (6)
19 Asher Keddie’s political comedy, Party ... (6)
2 ‘Rogue’ NSW detective,
Roger ... (8)
23 Outback Qld town on the
Warrego (10)
24 Trainer of 12 Melbourne Cup winners, ... Cummings (4) 26 Blackrock playwright, Nick ... (7) 28 Better Homes and Gardens cook and My Kitchen Rules judge,
Karen ... (7)
29 1996–97 English coach of the Socceroos (5,8)
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2 Foxtel’s pay TV competitor when founded in 1995 (5,6)
3 Lynda Stoner’s 1977-84 TV series, Cop ... (4)
4 Henry Lawson’s short story collection, Joe Wilson and ... ... (3,5) 5 Inaugural A-League champions,
... FC (6)
6 Young child (slang) (5-5)
7 Ethel Pedley’s children’s book,
... and the Kangaroo (3)
8 Annual script writers awards (6) 9 Sydney suburb, Sylvania ... (6)
14 Qld parliament, the ... Assembly (11) 15 Rock star who was Ned Kelly in the 1970 movie (4,6)
18 Indigenous water carrier (8) 19 Ex-Liberal minister, Wilson ‘Ironbar’ ... (6)
21 Transfield founder, Franco Belgiorno-... (6)
22 2000 Australian of the Year, biologist ... Nossal (6)
25 Mark in Australian football
(slang) (4)
27 Kim’s baby in Kath & Kim, Epponnee ... (3)