<P> 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 . 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . 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 . </P>
when did daylight saving first start in australia
when did daylight saving first start in australia
1968
1968