Skip to player
Skip to main content
Skip to footer
Search
Connect
Watch fullscreen
Like
Comments
Bookmark
Share
Add to Playlist
Report
Sydney’s New Year’s Eve fireworks could be cancelled amid train dispute
ABC NEWS (Australia)
Follow
12/20/2024
Sydney’s world-famous New Year’s Eve fireworks could be cancelled if the NSW Police Commissioner thought rail worker industrial action would endanger the public.
Category
📺
TV
Transcript
Display full video transcript
00:00
It's a show watched around the world, but now Sydney's New Year's fireworks may not
00:09
go ahead.
00:10
I have ruled out that I will recommend to government that we cancel the fireworks.
00:15
Workers from the rail, tram and bus union and other groups are striking, demanding better
00:20
pay and conditions.
00:22
It's already affecting services throughout the state and could continue, notably, on
00:27
New Year's Eve.
00:29
When it's time to go and the fireworks are over, the job is to get them out safely and
00:33
quickly and if there's no transport, then we can't do that and then I can't guarantee
00:38
safety.
00:39
It can't be in a situation where millions of families or 1.5 million people usually gather
00:45
on the harbour forecourt on New Year's Eve where they're stranded and can't get home.
00:51
The union says those statements are scaremongering, now saying its industrial action will have
00:56
little effect on New Year's trains, walking back from a claim there would be a 50% reduction
01:01
in services.
01:03
If our actions would result in any form of safety risk, I can give an undertaking here
01:08
and today that we would not take that action.
01:11
The Police Commissioner's intervention helps the state government.
01:14
It's about to stand up in the Fair Work Commission early next week and argue strikes can't go
01:19
ahead on economic grounds.
01:21
The threat of no fireworks on New Year's Eve plays into that.
01:24
It has gotten so bad that the government has resorted to having honest, hardworking
01:32
public servants come out and tell FIBs about the effect of our action.
01:37
Political fireworks putting the real thing at risk.
Recommended
3:20
|
Up next
Police may recommend Sydney NYE fireworks be cancelled if planned train strikes go ahead
ABC NEWS (Australia)
12/20/2024
3:12
Sydney fireworks organisers urge visitors to make transport plans
ABC NEWS (Australia)
12/28/2024
3:02
NSW government and unions reach resolution for Sydney trains to run on NYE
ABC NEWS (Australia)
12/24/2024
1:11
RBTU Secretary responds to NSW Police threats to shut down fireworks celebrations on NYE
ABC NEWS (Australia)
12/20/2024
2:00
Temporary Truce struck between union and state government with resolution
ABC NEWS (Australia)
12/24/2024
1:00
People wait for hours to get the best seats to watch Sydney's fireworks display
euronews (in English)
12/31/2024
1:38
Preparations underway for Sydney’s New Year’s Eve fireworks
ABC NEWS (Australia)
12/27/2024
1:32
Sydney kicks off 2025 with its acclaimed annual fireworks display
ABC NEWS (Australia)
1/1/2025
0:50
Happy New Year Australia! Sydney welcomes in 2020 with celebratory fireworks
euronews (in English)
12/31/2019
12:03
Watch Sydney New Year fireworks in full
ARY NEWS
12/31/2015
1:12
Australia set to go off with a colourful bang on NYE
Australian Community Media
12/29/2024
1:54
Ballot opens today for NYE Harbour Bridge fireworks viewing
ABC NEWS (Australia)
9/5/2024
0:15
Awe-inducing view of the unforgettable New Year's Eve celebration in Sydney
WooGlobe
1/13/2025
3:05
Should fireworks be banned? We asked Newcastle
National World - LocalTV
10/30/2023
3:35
Crowd generally well-behaved’ says Police Commissioner Karen Webb after Sydney fireworks
ABC NEWS (Australia)
1/1/2025
0:33
Fireworks blast from car sunroof in Western Sydney street
Australian Community Media
1/1/2025
0:56
Fireworks Australia
The Canberra Times
12/29/2023
1:34
Revellers arrive early to secure vantage points for Sydney’s NYE
ABC NEWS (Australia)
12/30/2024
1:43
New Year's Eve fireworks to showcase Indigenous culture
ABC NEWS (Australia)
12/4/2023
2:00
Sydney’s entire rail network to shut down from Friday to Sunday
ABC NEWS (Australia)
11/20/2024
2:10
Sydney train industrial action causes delays, threatening iconic end of year celebrations
ABC NEWS (Australia)
12/21/2024
12:19
Feu d'artifice de Sydney - Nouvel an 2017
Mister Buzz
1/3/2017
0:59
Aussie breakdancers aim for international return to glory
Australian Community Media
today
1:23
Crazy Aussie car laws: is it illegal to warm up your car in the driveway?
Australian Community Media
today
0:37
AFP extradition at Canberra Airport
The Canberra Times
today