Despite the country’s Summary Offences Act providing very clear parameters regarding the sale and use of fireworks—police permission required to set them off, thousand-dollar fines for doing so illegally and irresponsibly within towns, etc.—residents have had to endure annual auditory assaults, even as they desperately petition for the laws to be enforced. This article delineates some of the country’s civil societies taking action in voicing their concerns regarding the current fireworks legislation.
