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Canberra Today 3°/5° | Friday, April 19, 2024 | Digital Edition | Crossword & Sudoku

OUR “Mum in the City” columnist SONYA FLADUN was one of the record number of Canberrans seriously affected by influenza this winter. Her horrific tale of misery – from a snuffle to a hospital bed – is an abject lesson in what can happen if you don’t bother with a flu injection. Elsewhere, there is lovely pictorial essay on Canberra’s budding arboretum and, joy of joys, news that a couple of grotty public loos in Civic are to be replaced. Resistance is useless… click on to the week’s best weekly.

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