'It was like Christmas': Canberra shops reopen to cheers after COVID-19 restrictions eased

· Updated October 22 2021 - 6:33pm, first published 2:00pm

The doors had barely started lifting at Kmart in Tuggeranong when the cheers started as shoppers rushed to get their retail fix on Friday morning.

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Steve Evans

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