MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA AND AROUND THE GLOBE HAVE CELEBRATED NEW YEARS

Millions of people around the globe have celebrated New Years Eve and welcomed in 2017. While the countdown brought parties and fireworks, it also came with heavy security and serious messages from world leaders. An estimated 1.5 мillion people packed the foreshore. Almost half a million people packed Melbourne's C-B-D to watch the fireworks...Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has shared a serious New Year message - turning his attention to terrorism. He says it will not succeed in dividing Australians...

PM Malcom Turnbull has used his 2017 New Year message to warn terrorists and extremists. (AAP) Source: AAP