A man has died while trying to light fireworks and another is in a critical condition after a post-party dispute following New Year's Eve celebrations across NSW.
Police largely praised the behaviour of NYE revellers, many of whom flocked to the Sydney Harbour foreshore and streets across the city to watch the world famous fireworks display unfold.
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Two dead with firework related injuries
A Victorian man has been killed by an exploding firecracker in Gippsland, while another was killed after he was hit in the head by a firework at Budgewoi Beach on NSW's Central Coast. Vision courtesy ABC News 24.
However the night was not without some trouble.
On the Central Coast, a man was killed after he was hit in the head by a firework at Budgewoi Beach.
Police believe the 52-year-old man was trying to light the firework and suffered a serious head injury.
He couldn't be revived and died on the beach.
On Kent Street in the Sydney CBD, a 26-year-old man suffered a fractured skull after falling from the tray of a truck about 9.30pm.
He is currently in St Vincent's Hospital in a critical condition.
In Parramatta in Sydney's west, a man was seriously injured after a fight on Belmore Street.
Police say the victim, 36, and a man he knew - aged 24 - had left a party at a Brickfield Street unit when they began to argue.
The dispute turned physical and the 36-year-old was pushed to the ground. He hit his head ont he footpath and lost consciousness.
He was taken to Westmead Hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.
The 24-year-old, from Five Dock, was arrested and is being questioned at Parramatta Police Station.
In another incident in Balmain overnight, a man in his late 20's died after falling or possibly jumping from a building on Darling Street.
Police were on scene, after receiving reports about someone on the rooftop, when the man fell to his death, sparking a critical incident investigation.
NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Mick Fuller said there didn't appear to be any suspicious circumstances.
"There were a number of witnesses not just police and emergency services but civilians so again there is a lot evidence to be collected over the next 24 hours," he told reporters early on Sunday morning.
Operation Talisman was a proactive policing strategy focused on crowds in the Sydney CBD with 15 arrests made throughout the night.
This was about half the arrests made during New Year's Eve 2015.
Mr Fuller said most arrests related to alcohol but he largely praised the crowd behaviour.
"Particularly when we reach peak crowd capacity at 9pm and we had to close a number of the key venues there was still many people on the street," he said.
"They were extremely patient.
"From our perspective we really feel the community heeded our warnings. They planned the night, they have acted in good faith and really seen 2016 out in a positive way."