Nine tonnes of fireworks set off around the harbour, but parts of Queensland again hit by heavy rain and flooding
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Australians have bid farewell to 2024, ringing in the new year with one “world-famous” fireworks display and many others not so famous.
More than a million people rushed to the shores of the Sydney Harbour and hundreds of thousands more to the banks of the Yarra River in Melbourne to watch the midnight displays.
