Pressure is mounting on the City of Sydney to cancel the New Year's Eve fireworks display due to COVID19, despite the iconic celebration bringing in $133 million each year. Do you think they should be cancelled? Details:
show on Wednesday, Deputy Premier John Barilaro said he was keen for the event to go ahead but could not envision a way it could possibly work under the current health orders.
Mr Barilaro said the city council should axe the event as soon as possible to ensure families expecting a show weren’t out of pocket.“They will be booking restaurants, cafes, hotel, accommodation at significant cost to family budgets. If the drawcard is the fireworks and then you made a final decision to not go ahead with it, that would be the wrong thing to do.”
“Sydney New Year’s Eve is a global event much loved by local and international visitors, and our celebrations are recognised as among the best in the world,” the message read.
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