John Barilaro says the Sydney Harbour fireworks should be cancelled to respect our exhausted RFS volunteers and show solidarity with bushfire-hit areas.
NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro says Sydney Harbour's New Year's Eve fireworks should be cancelled as the risk of them sparking bushfires is"too high".
"If regional areas have had fireworks banned, then let's not have two classes of citizens," he wrote.
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