Australia Day in Perth will be much different this year, with Skyworks cancelled after almost 40 years

It used to draw crowds of more than 300,000 but for the first time in nearly four decades, there will be no planned Skyworks display on Australia Day in Perth this year, as the city reckons with the massive cost and waning interest.

The huge fireworks display that once united the city will instead be replaced by a scaled-down event featuring a drone and small fireworks show in Langley Park.