Previous OurSay
Next OurSay
Click here to see other OurSays. You have 7 votes per OurSay!
Stephen Mayne, John Thwaites, Fran Bailey, OurCommunity.com.au, CC
in
“Communities in Control ”
Open
Ged Kearney, ACTU, Secure Jobs. Better Future., Josh Peak
in
“Secure jobs for a better future”
Closed
Cr Cathy Oke, City of Melbourne
in
“Rio Plus 20 Agenda”
Responses up
Crikey, House of Representatives, Adam Bandt MP, Your question
in
“The People's Question”
Responses up
Campbell Newman
in
“The Queensland Agenda”
Responses up
Andrew Demetriou, Amanda Vanstone, Charlie Pickering
in
“The Australian Republic”
Responses up
Anna Bligh
in
“The Queensland Agenda - Part 1”
Responses up
Prof. Noam Chomsky, Deakin University
in
“Contours Of Global Order”
Responses up
666 ABC Canberra, UC, Canberra Refugee Support, Julie Posetti
in
“Reporting Refugees”
Responses up
John Merritt, EPA
in
“EPA Victoria”
Responses up
Robert Manne, The Quarterly Essay
in
“Bad News”
Responses up
Andrew Demetriou, Kevin Sheedy, Matthew Richardson
in
“AFL Finals Panel ”
Responses up
The Climate Agenda, Michael Bachelard, Misha Schubert, Deborah Gough
in
“The Sunday Age”
Responses up
You?, Greg Hywood, Mark Scott, Sophie Black
in
“Australian Media Leaders”
Responses up
Kelly O’Dwyer, Deb O’Neill , Larissa Waters
in
“Women in Politics”
Responses up
David Thodey
in
“Telstra CEO David Thodey”
Responses up
The Hon. Martin Dixon MP, Vic SRC
in
“Victorian Education Minister”
Responses up
Margaret Simons, Anna Krien, Tim Soutphommasane
in
“Quarterly Essay”
Responses up
Malcolm Fraser
in
“Renewing Democracy”
Responses up
Q&A
in
“Q&A - After The Budget - May 16th”
Responses up
The Queensland Agenda
Campbell Newman participated in The Queensland Agenda OurSay in January, where you asked the questions in the lead up to the Queensland election. His responses to the three most popular submissions can be found on our blog at blog.oursay.org.
The Question
It’s clear that the majority of Queensland residents, particularly those in the south-east, want Daylight Saving. Having Daylight Saving would also benefit businesses, particularly small businesses and those in the tourism, retail and finance industries. Queensland’s one and only referendum on Daylight Saving was 20 years ago – an outdated result that certainly doesn’t reflect current demographics. Whilst there are many important issues facing Queensland, Daylight Saving should not be treated as mutually exclusive in relation to any of these, especially as it does not require any large ongoing capital costs to implement.
Why then, do you believe it’s fair to place the views of regional Queenslanders ahead of the majority who favour Daylight Saving, by ignoring the calls for a trial of Daylight Saving, and denying us, as Queenslanders, the opportunity have our say on this important issue?
Can Queensland please show what a progressive state we are and get on board with daylight savings.
Is there any reason why we cant have a trial of DS in SEQ and then a referendum - this is a decision that should be made by Queenslanders and not by politicians
Can you quit pandering to the rural vote on daylight saving, it's unfair on the majority of Queenslanders and downright undemocratic to say the least. Every Queenslander's vote should be worth the same !
I think that this is more about lifestyle than aligning with NSW. The majority in SEQ dont want light at 4.30am and would prefer more light in the evening. The majority in regional QLD are happy with their times of daylight. The solution is simple - two time zones. It works fine in the rest of the world
I think it's unfair that just because regional queenslanders don't want this that those of us in SE Qld are subjected to daylight from 4:45am. It's just plain silly.
Anna Bligh was presented research from the Nielsen company in 2007, which clearly indicated that a majority of ALL Queenslanders (59%) want Daylight Saving, and 69% of residents in the south-east want it. Bligh consulted the people in 2010, which illustrated that 64% want a trial and referendum on Daylight Saving in south-east Queensland. Bligh denied the majority on both occasions, citing that she doesn't want to upset those living in regional Queensland. The majority are sick and tired of Daylight Saving being pushed to the side because it's perceived as being too hard to resolve, due to political implications. We want a state leader who has courage to tackle this important issue, rather than ignoring Daylight Saving because they fear some potential political backlash. A precendent was set in 1992, by allowing the people their say on this issue, via a referendum following a trial. A lot has changed in Queensland over the last two decades, so Queenslanders deserve a chance to have their say on this significant business and lifestyle issue.
It's time introduce daylight saving to QLD (AEDT AEDT) many options available to keep everyone happy as in applying to whole state and move Longreach, Cloncurry, and Mt Isa on Central time (ACST ACDT) which is 30 mins behind. This would give western districts of Qld true solar noon better sunrise and sunset times year round. A temporary measure just apply Daylight Saving to the South East of QLD until new time borders are drawn.
To those whinging about the time zones and day light savings, wake up an hour earlier and quit whining. You clearly have first world problems. The cost of a referendum is prohibitive and inefficient, and the money could be better spent on issues which actually have a noticable effect on the state's economy, like education programs or health programs, rather than wasting it on some campaign to upset half the state.
DLS is a non issue. I would prefer an explaination on how it would "benefit businesses, particularly small businesses and those in the tourism, retail and finance industries." If you're unable to calculate time differences, schedule meetings effectively etc you shouldn't be in business.
South-East Queensland should observe Daylight Savings time, the rest of Queensland should stay on non Daylight Savings time. Problem solved. (For those idiots who thinks a state can only have one time zone, Broken Hill is half an hour behind the rest of New South Wales ALL YEAR ROUND and seem to cope fine so why can't Queensland have two different time zones for half a year).