Mayor Brad Pettitt says it's not a day of celebration for everybody and it was an opportunity to come up with a different format on a different day. Earlier this year the City of Fremantle councillors voted to scrap the port town's popular Australia Day fireworks event from 2017 after deeming the celebration culturally insensitive. The council will instead host a family-friendly event to celebrate being Australian on a different date yet to be finalised. The decision to cancel the fireworks was passed, nine votes to two, during a council meeting on Wednesday night.
Donatella Bono reports from WA.
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