Joined: Wed Jan 30 2008, 10:05AM Location: Queensland Posts: 215
Peter Wellington, an Independent MP today (April 14th, 2010) proposed in Parliament a motion to split Queensland into two different time zones, so that South-east Queensland can have daylight saving.
Ms Bligh, the Queensland State Premier has now started asking people, via here Twitter account, what their thoughts are, with questions like:
"I'm wondering after 18 years, is it time to give people another say?"
"Queenslanders have never had a say on daylight saving in southeast Queensland only, a split time zone, maybe we should consider - what do you think?"
Joined: Mon Aug 18 2008, 09:08PM Location: Queensland Posts: 39
Reasons given in the 2007 Government Poll, to say why people did not want Daylight saving:
17% Family patterns disrupted: Children won't go to bed in daylight 11% Climate: Too hot, do not want extra daylight in evening 6% Agriculture: Issues with changes to patterns/ time for managing crops/stock 5% Dawn to Dusk workers: Miss family time/dinner/children's bed 3% Lifestyle: Too hot for sport/ hotter sun for afternoon sport 3% Morning darkness: Have to wait at school bus stop in dark 2% Dinner time is later because too hot to cook 2% Travel inconvenience: Early flights to other capitals formeetings 2% Accidents: Changed body clocks/ circadian rhythm 1% Health risk/Skin cancer: School children exposed to hotter sun travelling home 1% Energy: Use more energy because air conditioning is on forlonger 3% Inconvenience: Forget to change clocks
Source: Page 77 of the final report
ABCDiamond Posting on various Expat forums since Dec 2003.
