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1 Rural folk poetry (4,7)

9 Tommy Tavita in Water Rats, Jay … (7)

10 Lawyer played by > i < Shaun Micallef > i /< in an

ABC comedy (7)

11 Ben Lexcen-designed feature of

Australia II (6,4)

12 Director of the Dad and Dave films, ... ... Hall (3,1) 14 Aboriginal pastor and 1970s SA Governor,

Sir Douglas … (8)

16 Julia Gillard and the Greens’ climate change measure, … tax (6)

18 Bay north of Broome, named after

Darwin’s ship (6)

19 Town south of Perth with an annual

Crabfest (8)

22 Gerard Kennedy’s 1979 movie, … of the Knucklemen (4) > i <

23 Affected by Top > i /< End heat and humidity (4,6)

26 Native owl (7)

27 Airline bought by Qantas in 2001, forming the

basis for Jetstar (7)

28 1993 INXS album, Full Moon, …… (5,6) > i < > i /<

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1 Start eating (slang) (3,2)

2 Swimmer who won three 1972 Olympic golds (5,5)

3 Barcoo town NW of Charleville (8)

4 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll playwright, > i Ray < … (6) > i /<

5 America’s Cup’s nickname, “the … Mug” (4) 6 Naomi Watts’ ex-partner, Liev … (9) 7 Newcomer (slang) (4-2)

8 Qld-NSW rugby league series, State of .. (6) 13 Nickname for a West Australian (10)

15 Major business centre in Sydney’s North Shore (9)

17 Raceway north of Brisbane (8)

18 2009 film about the deaths of journalists in East Timor (6)

20 Cricketer who died outside a St Kilda pub

in 2004, David … (6)

21 Tony Abbott’s Treasurer, Joe … (6)

24 Jackson Pollock painting bought by the National Gallery in 1973, Blue … (5) 25 Enterprising person( slang)>i<(4)>i /<