Sydney's fireworks to go ahead despite total fire ban

[davidc4430]

Sydney's New Year's Eve fireworks to go ahead despite total fire ban

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-30/new-years-eve-sydney-fireworks-at-risk-amid-fire-ban/11832042

i dont see how fireworks on sydney harbour could cause any bushfires but i'm not in know.

however where i llive every new years eve we have people letting off fireworks they shoouldnt, its against the law.

now they certainly could start fires!

i recon letting off fireworks during summer when you know your breaking the law should be a big penalty!

plus pretty much every dog will be much happier!

Foo would hide and shiver for an hour or so every year!

[icyfroth]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

Sydney's New Year's Eve fireworks to go ahead despite total fire ban

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-30/new-years-eve-sydney-fireworks-at-risk-amid-fire-ban/11832042

i dont see how fireworks on sydney harbour could cause any bushfires but i'm not in know.

however where i llive every new years eve we have people letting off fireworks they shoouldnt, its against the law.

now they certainly could start fires!

i recon letting off fireworks during summer when you know your breaking the law should be a big penalty!

plus pretty much every dog will be much happier!

Foo would hide and shiver for an hour or so every year!

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Personally, I think it's wrong. If there's a statewide fireban, it should be respected. Even if there was no risk, there should be a show of respect for those who've lost their livliehoods and properties, and the poor creatures who perished in the conflagration.

But Sydney admin are justifying it by the amount of tourist dollars the event earns.

How shallow.

[davidc4430]

good points, but we all know the $ allways wins the argument

[snow*jewel]

The money spent should be spent elsewhere. Where it's needed. The country is still in crisis. We have a total fire ban till New Year at least.

[icyfroth]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

good points, but we all know the $ allways wins the argument

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Yeah, well.

If we still had out national integrity, it wouldn't.

[eol-products]

Unfortunately the cost of the fireworks would not come close to what the goverment would spend just on a feasibility study on what to do.

[sandypebbles]

 great big up yours from the City Of Sydney to everyone suffering from the state being on fire

Shame on them 

[icyfroth]

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@eol-products wrote:

Unfortunately the cost of the fireworks would not come close to what the goverment would spend just on a feasibility study on what to do.

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True, that!

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-31/sydney-new-years-eve-fireworks-be-replaced-by-drones/11755...

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

one of the problems is how long it takes to plan and implement the fireworks display. The Sydney Mayor and the Premier both say it takes 15 months.

If that is the case then they are already 3 months into the 2020 fireworks planning . . . probably with contracts already signed and locked in. That means the same old "it's too late to cancel" argument will be used next year as well.

The time to lobby for a change is not a week out from the event . . . the time is now!