A Queensland member of parliament has introduced a private members bill to hold a new referendum on Daylight Savings time. All Queenslanders would get a vote on it, but the daylight savings would just be for South East Queensland where it actually makes sense. The online request for input (until May 31st, so fill in now!) also asks whether a trial should be held in SEQ prior to the referendum.

I’m for Daylight Savings in SEQ… it would provide us with longer light in the evenings in the summer. Also, many people work with people in other states. Speaking from personal experience, it’s a pest in summer because NSW and VIC are an hourr ahead, and to manage I often need to be available an hour earlier to talk with clients while still having the regular hours as well – so essentially the working day becomes an hour longer… that’s really just weird and unnecessary.

Because Queensland is so large, it does not necessarily make sense to have all of QLD do the daylight savings. While that may appear odd, there is a natural “boundary” in central queensland below which DST would apply.