Mayor urges daylight saving vote in South Australia

ABC News

South Australian west coast communities have used the end of daylight saving to repeat calls for a referendum into whether the four week extension should remain.

The extension was piloted two years ago and adopted last year, bringing South Australia into line with New South Wales, Victoria, the ACT and Tasmania.

While the move has been welcomed by the business community, those on the west coast find it an inconvenience.

Ceduna Mayor Allan Suter says the people should get a say.

"The result of the referendum may be an endorsement of the extension but at least that way we would have an opportunity to have our say," he said.

"I'm an optimist. I believe that many city people who would otherwise like daylight saving would not support it because of the inconvenience and harm that it does to residents on the west coast and other outside areas."