Surfers unite...NO daylight savings.
Go to bed earlier and get up earlier you sleepy heads.
The local breaks along Maroochydore are crowded between 5.00 and 5.30 in summer. If we have daylight saving it will be crowded at sunrise. Sorry for being selfish but there is nothing better than the 'early' and nothing worse than the afternoon on-shore slop.
Play nine holes before work.
Take the kids for a surf or walk before school.
The higher latitudes don't need daylight savings.

I think Daylight Saving coming to Qld is inevitable with more and more mexicans crossing the border each day. This is sure to sway the results eventually.

As a Qlder born and bred I say keep your daylight saving. We have plenty of light after work in summer.

If businesses say their interstate trade is suffering then I am sure a responsible business owner would be open to the idea of starting an hour earlier each day.

Bring on Daylight savings! I have just come back from the UK summer where there daylight savings gives them enough light to read in the garden well into the evening (I came out of the Cinema at 10pm one night and could still see the sun setting in the distance)
How nice would it be to sit in our gardens in the evening without having to turn on a light!

Study a map of Australia especially the longitudinal position of Cairns, Longreach and Mt Isa, based of this Queensland needs to divided into two time zones, Broken Hill and west NSW use SA time (UTC (9 hours 30 mins) and so should Qld based on 145 degrees E that is west of Longreach.

This is a practical change enabling a smooth transition when Daylight Savings is deployed in the is state

Phil, have you ever contemplated that if daylight savings was introduced more people would surf in the evenings leaving your precious mornings to yourself???

The argument against daylight savings by 'born and bred' queenslanders is the same stubborness that has left QLD behind the rest of the states in everything from business to infrastructure. Catch up with the times queenslanders or get left behind forever.

Most Queenslanders work for a living and come home to either darkness in Winter or a setting sun in Summer . There is no useful evening Daylight all year but the summer mornings are like saunas . SEQ should have daylight saving all year. Surfers, like farmers , are a minority group. It should be majority rule on this issue . Most people would rather be asleep than surfing at 4.30 am . 800,000 people , including myself have been added to the electoral role since the 1992 referendum . We want to be able to vote on this issue . Vote for the Daylight Saving Party , no preferences to LNP or Labor , the collective powers of darkness .

Always an interesting story, bring it on I say.
Seems there is an ever increasing majority supporting this now.

There are simply too many reasons why we should be adopting daylight savings.

If you have any serious doubt, please take the time to read some most informative articles at http://www.daylightsavingseq.com.au/

If Captain Bligh or the opposition isn’t game to show their support, then I can wait to see results from the next election.

I’m tipping a significant vote for the Daylight Saving Party.

I'm 100% with you Phil, as a cyclist the mornings are the best time to ride and I enjoy the daylight that summer mornings bring. I certainly dont want to be going to bed at 8.30 when its still light. I DONT want daylight savings. As an ex Victorian who has experienced daylight saving first hand I can say leave it in the southern states, we dont need it here.
And for your information alwaysright there is a good reason why people chose to surf in the mornings...its a case of the surf being better before the afternoon sea breeze comes in and makes it too choppy.

For those who seem to be confused by the concept, all DST is, is changing our (artificial) system of time, to be more in accordance with the NATURAL cycles of dawn and dusk. In nature, animals (which includes humans) naturally wake at daylight, unfortunately, in SEQ, which is more easterly than the majority of Australia, means that the sun rises at 4.30am. The point is also not that most of us have a choice whether to wake earlier, start work earlier etc; I certainly have virtually no control over what times the large company that employs me chooses to operate. And if most businesses did that, well, it would basically be daylight saving business time! In
addition, many activities are illegal before certain times, for example, noise making activities, such as power tools and lawn mowing are forbidden before 7am. I'm sure my neighbours would be quick to complain if I got up at 4.30 and started mowing my lawn! And the parochial argument that DST is being promoted by recent migrants is ludicrous; first, most of these only moved to Queensland AFTER 1992 - and in the ancient Referendum (for which many people were too young to vote), SEQ voted 62% YES for DST. Also, if DST is so terrible, why do people who have lived with it want it so badly? There is also a case for DST to reduce car accidents; accident rates are much higher in darkness than daylight. And for those wanting to exercise after work, it is much more pleasant, and safer, to exercise in daylight (as a woman, I won't exercise in the dark, for safety reasons). But in the long run, it comes down to lifestyle; whilst I do get up early, I would love more daylight in the evenings...but since my husband has bought a boat, he has stopped supporting DST, for the same reason as the surfers (less time before work).

seems the airlines could force the hand, if tourism is of such importance to Qld.
How ?? well the ( say) 5 pm flight from Cairns will need to leave at 4 pm to be in Melbourne where its required by 8 pm, because its scheduled for a flight to Perth. Now if it has to wait until 5pm, its not going to get to melbourne until 9 pm. and that puts the entire scheduling of that jet out of whack. and this example is going to impact on flights all over australia, because queensland wont get with the programme - thats fine .. I have no problem with tht, but when it starts affecting the locals in cairns, ( who miss their 5 pm flight, because its now leaving at 4 pm) they should not complain because they dont like daylight saving , simple, have it your way but put up with the consequences ,, Simple ..

But the chooks will lay less eggs and the curtains will fade.

And what about the farmers? They already work from daylight til dark, and now you wont them to work longer!

what so we can have daylight at 4am instead of 5. i wake up when the sun comes up as it is. i have lived in nsw and qld and that is the reason i moved back to qld. i say if you want daylight savings move to another state that has it
PRESERVE QLD NOT HAVING IT PLEASE!!!!

In summer the sun rises well to the south of east, so everywhere in Queensland other than SEQ already has daylight saving by default because its all west of us. You don't have to go far west or even up the coast for being on daylight saving time to be a serious nuisance. It is only to be expected that means more to those Sunshine Coast residents whose roots are in Queensland than it does to others.

I was born and bred in Qld and have lived in both NSW and SA and I am all for daylight savings.I say bring it on.

I THINK IT IS STUPID TO BE HONEST....FIDDLING WITH CLOCKS DOES NOT MAKE THE SUN STAY UP FOR ANYMORE HOURS THAN IT NORMALLY WOULD.........

whats the big deal with other states trying to force DLS on to us there is no point in having it just because some silly people think it will give them more time by putting the time one hour foward dont they realise that with some work places they still go by there clocks not DLS time so why on earth would some stup people want it as for certain buisness that say it will damage them cause we dont have it i say what a load of hooey

Please people, unless you understand exactly what DSL is, then please refrain from passing your uninformed comment.

I have lived in UKs,long summer nights and NSWdaylight saving,and we do not need it.
Why should people from other areas not accept what the locals are happy with?They come here from other countries and other states and seem to forget why they came in the first place.

When we lived in NZ, during daylight saving months, my husband had that extra time after work to spend quality-time with our kids - he took them down the beach, played tennis, went for long evening walks etc. When we moved to Sunshine Coast he came home from work and the kids were sitting in front of the TV - it was such a loss of precious time. Weekends are not always long enough - give the working families back some quality time.

the only person who named qld the smart state was peter beattie.
so don't blame us for his stupid slogan.
the only solution to this problem is to have a vote.
and hope it gets a no again.
as alot have already said, if you want it move were it is already simple.

*yawn* any discussion about DST just shows who's a local and who's a blown in.

We must be the smart state because without DLS we are looking after the environment by getting up at 5am when the sun is up to go to work instead of 4am. With DLS we don't need to turn the lights on, so we don't produce more CO2, so we doing our part to save the planet.

Daylight Savings actually saves energy. It has been shown to reduce energy consumption, so it has been extended in other countries by a month on either side.
If people surf at dawn, they will be there at dawn, Phil.
I grew up loving the extra daylight we got to dinner picnic, stay at the beach, exercise after work, walk the dog, etc, etc.

China has nearly 1.5 billion people, no daylight saving and guess what? They just have the 1 timezone! Go figure.
All countries in Europe, except Iceland, observe daylight saving, starting and stoppng on the same days.
Most people would agree that the mood of the general population in SE QLD has changed since the last referendum. So, what is wrong with keeping in touch with the people and having another referendum now?
If enough people are serious about this, and the current polling indicates that; then I think The Daily should be instrumental in organising an e-Petition - just head on over to: http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/EP...

If you think about it, the arguement to support day light savings is crap. Yes you might have one less hour of turning the lights on because it is still light and we go to bed earlier, but that one more hour of light means one more hour of driving our cars. Most driving is done in daylight hours. So really you are substuting on evil for another.... so it becomes a case of the lesser of 2 evils. I say leave it the way it is. I enjoy getting up at 5.30 and taking my dogs for a walk before I start work at 7 o'clock. And Pongi if your husband really wanted more quality time with your kids then he should spend it with them in the extra hour of daylight that we have in the morning. Now there's a solution.

Periodically we are asked to turn off our lights for the sake of global warming - it is therefore logical that we should have daylight saving throughout the world and we should let Anna Bligh know that Queensland should not be exempt from doing the right thing !

I am not a southerner and I can not see why the so called "smart state" does not fall in line with all the other states AND most countries of the world which have daylight saving.It makes more sense to be on/in the same time zone, as the east coast of Australia, then it does to only be so for six months of the year.

To me, this argument no longer seems to be about DST... It seems to now be about narrow minded old timers and traditionalists who feel threatened by the prospect of change. People, get yours heads out of the sand and recognise that the vast majority of people (probably including yourselves!) will experience an improvement in their lives with DST, it will benefit almost everyone (In SE QLD at the very least)!

YAWWWNNN, every year the same old debate every year the same old answers, everybody moves here for the lifestyle yet they want to bring what they got away from, hey people when in ROME!!!!!!!!!

Of course they should bring in daylight savings. Nowhere in the world does the sun go down in summer earlier than here. We are truly the backward state. Makes absolutely no sense to not have it this time of year and most politicians are hopelessly out of touch with the people. We did a survey at our workplace and an overwhelming majority 95/124 (77%) said bring it in. I'm sure a referendum would have similar stats.

dowhatjohn has the new number plate slogan, Queensland, the dumb state - the way we like it.

Palmwoodsmum... good to hear from you.

I think your point is one that most people ignore.

As I said way up there ^^^^... those of us unfortunate enough to live through the DLS trial back in 1991/92 are well aware of the difficulties imposed on us at that time.

I was very vocal about the benefits of daylight saving until living through the trial... then I voted "NO WAY" at the 1992 referendum.

If we must suffer through another trial to convince the "newcomers" that daylight saving in Queensland is horriffic, then so be it.

They will soon vote NO!!

Goodness what a heated debate (sorry – couldn’t help the pun). I see a number of commentators appear to have resorted to the desperate strategy of slandering anyone who doesn’t share their enlightened (there I go again!) opinions re the pros/cons of DST. I thought I may just share a personal experience, with the preamble that I am more than willing to tolerate the idea that others may hold a valid, or even sensible personal opinion contrary to my own, without necessarily being “dumb” or afflicted by any other negative characteristics. As per a previous commentator, I also went into last decade’s DST ‘trial’ with a bias in favour of DST. That was until, as a reasonably intelligent person who happened to be born in Queensland, I experienced DST Queensland-style first hand, and subsequently voted against it’s implementation in the referendum. Having been a regular visitor to the Southern states, I wholeheartedly appreciate the benefits of DST there: with their anemic sunlight and less extreme temperatures, the romantic imagery conjured up by some of lingering BBQ’s with friends, fine wine on a balcony and health-rejuvenating long walks certainly appeal. However, just as individuals may be diverse in their perceptions and opinions without necessarily being “wrong”, geographical areas of this unique country also demonstrate great diversity without necessarily needing “fixing”. DST Queensland-style, in my humble opinion, equaled infernally hot afternoons, with the blazing sun and relentless heat dragging on till the last beads of sweat could be wiped from the brow at around 8pm. Hot dinners, let alone BBQ’s were out of the question, and wine tends to sour in the heat. A long ‘afternoon’ walk was pure torture any time prior to about 7 pm. Anyone wishing to experience the realities of DST in the Queensland summer could be invited to go for a brisk walk at 2pm in our upcoming summer sun (this is what you will be asking many school children to do); perhaps followed up with a ‘refreshing’ jog between the current applicable hours of 4 – 5 pm; and after all this, try getting young children to eat and sleep when their activity level during lengthier exposure to our searingly hot sun in the afternoon has raised their core body temperature to almost feverish levels. Currently our extremes of light and heat in the Queensland summer sit at both ends of the day. For my vote, I would rather experience a balance of those extremes during in the morning and afternoon, rather than ‘saving’ it all up to blast us throughout the evening, with the unpleasant effects of lengthier after-school/work exposure to high heat still evident, well into the night.

I was under the impression that most of Australia's housing affordability was a problem...not just Queensland.

For those of us, in any state, who have enough respect and good manners to listen enough at school to get decent or great jobs, literacy isn't a problem. Unemployment?...why do I continually see businesses having to put signs up outside their premises to get staff? I've lived here nearly all my life and never been without a job because I actually went out and looked for one. Incompetent Government...as compered to where, New South Wales *smirk*.

Beggars belief why anyone would stay in a State they believe to be so illiterate, unaffordable and incompetetent....ohh, and too hot in summer.

I WAS reading a good novel, but this is much more entertaining, splashed with lots of humour!
I was also here in the trial back then and had three very young children at the time. I actually liked it and I had no trouble getting the children to bed at night. I also LOVED how they didn't get up at 4.30 am as they did for years in the summer months in the following years. I have been disagreeing for the last 20 or so years with neighbours, workmates and friends about DLS and I will always hope it comes here and I know they will always hope it doesn't. Therefore I am not mentioning ever again! (Until next year).

If Queensland doesn't see eye to eye on issues with other states we are said to be "living in the dark ages", "lagging behind" or "rednecks". We don't have to be followers, let's be leaders. I have lived in Qld all my life and wouldn't live anywhere else for quids. I can only remember the negative side of DST when it was in place in the late 80's. For example waiting on a street corner in the dark each morning for a lift to Uni (in Brisbane) and taking school children for their Phys Ed lesson at say 2pm, which was really 1pm. Yes, I remember those poor kids sitting on a plexi-pave tennis court in the shade of a brick wall, unable to participate because of the stifling heat at that time of day. It was a complete waste of time. Leave nature's clock alone. If DST is re-introduced I for one will not be changing anything...

It might be completely dumb and stupid not to adopt daylight savings time. But that's not the point. The point is that this is Queensland and we do things our way whether its stupid or not. If you southerner's don't like it you can go back to where you came from and enjoy your barbecues after work and take your kids to the beach. We're quite happy watching the TV in the dark with a few beers.

well said squirt

paul keating was once called the greatest follower this country has ever had. all of these dsters are doing what he did - follow the heard

Further to xdrugfreex's comment.... if and when more than 50% of our community want legalised pot our government will look hard at the idea. Political expediency dictates that a polly needs to stay on the gravy train.
But..I still prefer getting up earlier in summer with the kids and making full use of the day.
This morning there were many more poeple using the walking/bike path and beach than traffic on Alex Pde. Give it a go. Get up earlier. Get the kids and come on down.
Oh and we were there (again) for Wed PM nippers board training. Thanks Mark and Neil for coaching and volunteering.
And thanks to Maleny_Mum (6-10..3.03pm) for incitfull thoughts.
The only thing I missed was the smart barbie and "high quality bottle of wine" to quote a famous local.

Most residents on the Sunshine Coast want Daylight Saving . All the local Members of the Queensland Parliament are against it . They were elected to express the views of the majority of their constituents but instead are contemptuously ignoring them and following their own personal and party agenda . This is an abrogation of Democracy . The Daylight Saving Party now gives voters a choice and I look forward to seeing all our local MLAs lose their seats in the next election . Most people can stand neither Bligh nor Borg and want an alternative goverment .

I believe the majority of born and bred Queenslanders don't give a damn about daylight saving.I think the ones who come here and start their whinging,are the same ones who whinge wherever they are,and complain that if you don't agree with them you are a redneck/oldfashioned/out of touch/etc
All I can say -is-Get over it -or get out!!