Australia when do clocks go back

Every year as October rolls around, most Brisbane and Gold Coast residents lament being left out. But Queensland is huge, and as is the case with many things, the south-east corner has a different opinion to the rest of the state. The state's sweltering north and west are not yearning for more hours in the afternoon sun — quite the opposite.

Queensland last trialled daylight saving from to After the trial, Queenslanders were asked to vote in a referendum with the question: "Are you in favour of daylight saving? Unsurprisingly, the "no" vote was strongest in the north and west while the south-east returned a strong "yes" vote. Which country started daylight saving time?

Daylight saving was first adopted in in Thunder Bay, Canada, as a way to make better use of daylight. Germany then started starting changing clocks to conserve daylight and reduce the use of fuel, in during World War I. Cars underwater as heavy rain hits parts of NSW. Credit: Wikipedia. But it was Tasmania that kick-started it yet again, in , a move prompted by drought, wrote parliamentary librarian Terry Newman in Queensland MP Robbie Katter says no to daylight saving.

Credit: AAP. South-east Queenslanders have mostly been in favour of daylight saving but their northern counterparts say it would mean an extra hour of sun during the scorching summer months. In , Queenslanders were asked in a referendum, "Are you in favour of daylight saving?

In , then-Premier Anna Bligh said south-east Queenslanders needed to take into account that places such as Cairns, Charleville and Mount Isa were hotter than places such as Brisbane and did not want an extra hour of daylight. The issue has been returned to several times, including with a proposal to create a separate time zone for south-east Queensland.

A trial was again raised last year by Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner, who said the previous referendum result was out of date. As for WA, a trial from to ended with the same outcome as in Queensland. Are cows confused by daylight saving? Credit: Craig Sillitoe. He said he suffered multiple abrasions when he tripped in the dark while herding the cows into the dairy. Johnson died in but his wife, Anicia, says his case ended up being dismissed by the court. The autumn transition, on the other hand, is popularised as adding one hour to sleep time, she says, but data shows no evidence of extra sleep on that night.

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