Daylight saving is on the way.
Here in Western Australia we have trialled and rejected daylight saving in the summer months three times. Our politicians have decided that they haven’t quite understood the concept so they scheduled a three year trial of daylight saving starting Sunday. Once the trial’s over we’ll have another referendum to decide whether it’ll become a permanent feature.
As we we were driving around yesterday I remarked to my family, “This time next week it won’t be this time next week”.
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It’s been a fair while since the last trial – there are a LOT of people who either didn’t live here last time or weren’t old enough to vote. About time they got a voice in the matter.
(Having said that, I think they’re making a rod for their own back by having a referendum – just pass the law like you do all the others. It’s pathetic.)
It’s amazing how determined people are with something like this. I grew up with daylight saving in New South Wales, where the entire concept was universally despised by just about everyone. Yet astonishingly, no politician ever stood up to abolish it.
They’re talking referendums here in Queensland, too. If it gets defeated, they’ll probably just bring it in anyway.
You’re so witty!
I think it is funny that the main reason given is that we aren’t “business friendly”. If we REALLY want to be “business friendly”, why don’t we just push for ALL of Australia to be on ONE big time zone?! I mean…isn’t it a hassle to keep track of the fact that there are two hours of time difference between the west coast and the east coast? I have noticed that L.A. and New York really struggle with a 3-hour time difference. Neither one of them is “business friendly” I reckon. hehehe 🙂
…and on the topic of “business friendly”….is it PARTICULARLY business friendly to pass a law that has ramifications on business and making it go into effect a couple of weeks after the vote? Wierd. I have only talked to a couple of people who like the idea. I personally don’t relish the idea of trying to put the kids to be in broad daylight at 10 pm and having to convince them that, yes, it really IS night time. 🙂
Greg
I love our daylight savings time each year! The saddest day of the year for me is when we have to go back to standard time. The more daylight the better for me!
Well I am looking forward to it. I grew up in Tassie and for me it was the norm. I cannot see the point of it being light at 5am or earlier when most people are still asleep. I would expect that the proportion of people who can get up this early and actually make use of it would be much less than those who can make use of it at the end of the day. To me it’s a simple concept which makes alot of sense.
I’m with Bruce ^ – having lived in Melbourne for 10 years now, it is definitely the way to go each summer. Now I believe they are brining it in for 6 months this time (correct me if I’m wrong).