| Across | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | STAMINA | |
| Enduring strength shown by 70% of Tasmanians with conditioning (7) | Anagram of (TASMANI)ans | |
| 5 | PORTAL | |
| Sydney, say, a large point of access (6) | PORT + A + L | |
| 8 | LIPID | |
| Cover impregnated with one soft, fatty substance (5) | LID outside (I + P) | |
| 9 | ACTIVIST | |
| Militant rescheduled visit, starting with a prominent part of Australia (8) | Anagram of VISIT after ACT | |
| 11 | CROWEATER | |
| South Australian: “We invested in revolutionary reactor” (9) | WE inside anagram of REACTOR | |
| 12 | AGREE | |
| Shake hands with leader of Australia concerned about the environment mostly (5) | (A)ustralia + (GREE)n | |
| 13 | SIDE | |
| Make-up of Australia’s ideal team (4) | australiaS IDEal | |
| 15 | ROSELLAS | |
| Spiky plants harbouring all returning Australian birds (8) | ROSES outside (ALL reversed) | |
| 18 | FAROUCHE | |
| Socially inept touch not initially handled by passenger (8) | (t)OUCH inside FARE | |
| 19 | TAIL | |
| Australia’s bowlers, say, heard story (4) | Sounds like TALE | |
| 23 | CHINA | |
| Porcelain items from church in Australia (5) | churCH IN Australia | |
| 24 | PROTOZOAN | |
| Australian, captured by troop, modified an organism that is very small (9) | OZ inside anagram of TROOP + AN | |
| 26 | TIE-BREAK | |
| Tribe prepared each king for decisive battle (3-5) | Anagram of TRIBE + EA + K | |
| 27 | ABODE | |
| Poetry found at the rear of 5-down’s home (5) | ODE after AB | |
| 28 | ANSETT | |
| Old airline established in a particular area of Australia (6) | SET inside (A + NT) | |
| 29 | REDFERN | |
| Australian pioneer surgeon freed at sea by Royal Navy (7) | Anagram of FREED + RN | |
| Down | Answers and Clues | Explanations |
| 1 | SELECTS | |
| Picks out pleb not restricted in religious groups? (7) | p)LE(b inside SECTS | |
| 2 | ASPRO | |
| Australian painkiller was provided in some measure (5) | wAS PROvided | |
| 3 | INDEED | |
| Introduction to indigenous broadcast ended positively (6) | (I)ndigenous + anagram of ENDED | |
| 4 | AWAITS | |
| Looks forward to a part of Australia – it is on view shortly (6) | A + WA + ITS | |
| 5 | PATERSON | |
| Soul supporting act disheartened old Australian composer? (8) | PERSON outside A(c)T | |
| 6 | REVEALED | |
| Meat prepared in a rush is brought out (8) | VEAL inside REED | |
| 7 | AUSTRALIA | |
| A country trail relocated by half an island community (9) | A + US + anagram of TRAIL + (A)n | |
| 10 | TEAS | |
| Guy not finishing hot drinks (4) | TEAS(e) | |
| 14 | DARWINIAN | |
| Victory in raid upset an individual from northern Australia (9) | WIN inside anagram of RAID + AN | |
| 16 | EURABBIE | |
| Odd slices of emu on barbie excited Australian native (8) | (E)m(U) + anagram of BARBIE | |
| 17 | SHIPMENT | |
| Fashionable people in street dispatched goods (8) | (HIP + MEN) inside ST | |
| 18 | FACE | |
| Federation’s first expert to go on strike (4) | (F)ederation + ACE | |
| 20 | LANTERN | |
| Tailless land and sea bird is light? (7) | LAN(d) + TERN | |
| 21 | ROCKER | |
| Right stated by Australian music lover (6) | R + OCKER | |
| 22 | HOWARD | |
| Old Australian cabinetmaker worked primarily in store? (6) | (W)orked inside HOARD | |
| 25 | OZONE | |
| Australian individual’s UV filter (5) | OZ + ONE |
