Labor to make Sydney's New Year's Eve fireworks tickets free if elected

Sydneysiders could enjoy the New Year's Eve fireworks for free around the harbour if Labor wins the upcoming New South Wales election.

Opposition Leader Chris Minns has vowed to remove fees for tickets to public vantage points as some families fork out hundreds of dollars for the view.

More than 45,000 people are having to pay to watch the fireworks around Sydney Harbour this year, with some being slugged up to $595 for tickets.

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Now the opposition wants to make the New Year's Eve fireworks free for all again, by stripping the costs from specific locations.

"We have the most beautiful harbour and the most beautiful city, and every person should be able to enjoy it – for free," Minns said.

"That's what Labor will do if we are elected.

"No matter where you watch the fireworks around our harbour, it will be free."

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Deputy Labor leader Prue Car said with all the pressures on family budgets due to the rising cost of living, New Year's Eve celebrations shouldn't come at a cost.

"Families deserve to celebrate the New Year without worrying about additional costs to the family budget," she said.

Premier Dominic Perrottet called the pledge "embarrassing" and claimed there were plenty of free vantage points around the harbour.

"If that's their big election policy, I mean it's bread and circuses," he said.

"More than half the ticketed arrangements around the harbour are free plus all the other vantage points."