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Melbourne lord mayor threatens to cancel Federation Square viewing site due to rowdy behaviour of small group of idiots'

And sticking with the flares, Melbourne's lord mayor, Sally Capp, has threatened to cancel the live viewing site at Federation square due to the rowdy behaviour of a small group of supporters.

If we could find those idiots and make sure they don't attend, then Fed Square will be going off again, but unfortunately sometimes the few ruin it for the rest of us.