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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Shweta Sharma

Sydney New Year’s Eve fireworks could be cancelled due to train strike, police warn

The fate of Sydney’s world-famous New Year’s Eve fireworks display hangs in the balance this year, police say, due to industrial action by rail unions.

The New South Wales police commissioner Karen Webb on Friday said she was considering a formal recommendation to cancel the fireworks, expressing “grave concerns” over the safety of 250,000 commuters due to the ongoing industrial action by rail unions.

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