Daylight saving Queensland: Escaping the dark ages

Daylight Saving for SEQ
Party members Wendy
Fitz-Gerald, Tom McCosker
and Jason Furze.




South-East Advertiser

THE man spearheading a push for daylight saving is “cautiously optimistic” after Premier Anna Bligh reignited debate of dual time zones.

Ms Bligh last Thursday called on caucus to go back to the electorate and canvas opinion on the topic.
Daylight Saving for South-East Queensland Party leader Jason Furze said consulting the public over the issue was a great step forward.

“I would personally like to see more than four weeks for community consultation, but this is a starting point to establish where daylight saving would be most popular,” Mr Furze said.

While Mr Furze believed there was enough support for daylight saving throughout the state, he said a dual time zone was a more fair and equal proposition.

“A separate time zone would take a respectful view towards who is most for daylight saving and who is most against,” he said.

Mr Furze said running a time zone border through sparsely populated areas on the fringe of the metro area would help to minimise the impact on local communities.