When I say ‘we’, I mean New South Wales and some other Australian states and territories.
But not all.
But not all.
DST has been around for quite a while.
During World I and II all states and territories observed the time change under defence acts of the constitution.
In 1968, Tasmania became the first state post war to introduce the practice.
In 1971 all states and territories except West Australia and the Northern Territory followed suit. Queensland abandoned the change in 1972.
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Public opinion in Queensland is geographically divided with the no’s in the north and west of the state ie. predominantly rural, and the yes’s in the metropolitan south east.
Western Australia had a referendum in 2009 on the issue after a lengthy trial and the no’s won 55:45.
So the upshot is we will have 5 time zones in the country instead of 3 from next weekend until early April 2020.
But the really stupid thing is there will be a time difference between states on the same longitude.
But we have all learnt to live with that.
Western Australia had a referendum in 2009 on the issue after a lengthy trial and the no’s won 55:45.
So the upshot is we will have 5 time zones in the country instead of 3 from next weekend until early April 2020.
But the really stupid thing is there will be a time difference between states on the same longitude.
But we have all learnt to live with that.
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