A petition calling for Sydney's New Year's Eve fireworks to be scrapped has failed to stop the city's famous event from going ahead
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The petition, started six weeks ago, calls for the city's famous firework display to be scrapped, with the funding redirected to NSW drought and bushfire relief. More than 100,000 pyrotechnic effects will feature in the celebrations and letters spelling out Sydney will fall from the bridge as midnight nears.
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