daylight saving was first introduced to australia in 1947.
when was daylight saving first introduced to australia?
1947
the choice of whether to use daylight saving time (dst) in australia is a matter for the individual states and territories. however, during world war i and world war ii all states and territories had daylight saving by federal acts under section 51 of the constitution (defence). in 1968 tasmania became the first state since the war to practise daylight saving. in 1971, new south wales, victoria, queensland, south australia, and the australian capital territory followed tasmania by observing daylight saving. western australia and the northern territory did not. queensland abandoned daylight saving time in 1972. queensland and western australia have observed daylight saving over the past 40 years from time to time on trial bases.
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a referendum on daylight saving was held in queensland, australia, in 1992, after a three-year trial of daylight saving. it was defeated with a 54.5% "no" vote, with regional and rural areas strongly opposed, while those in the metropolitan southeast were in favor. in 2005, the sporting goods manufacturers association and the national association of convenience stores successfully lobbied for the 2007 extension to u.s. dst. in december 2008, the daylight saving for south east queensland (ds4seq) political party was officially registered in queensland, advocating the implementation of a dual-time zone arrangement for daylight saving in south east queensland, while the rest of the state maintains standard time. ds4seq contested the march 2009 queensland state election with 32 candidates and received one percent of the statewide primary vote, equating to around 2.5% across the 32 electorates contested. after a three-year trial, more than 55% of western australians voted against dst in 2009, with rural areas strongly opposed. queensland independent member peter wellington introduced the daylight saving for south east queensland referendum bill 2010 into the queensland parliament on april 14, 2010, after being approached by the ds4seq political party, calling for a referendum at the next state election on the introduction of daylight saving into south east queensland under a dual-time zone arrangement. the bill was defeated in the queensland parliament on june 15, 2011.
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