The Daylight Saving for South East Queensland Referendum Bill 2010 was tabled in the

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on 14 April 2010, by

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Member

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. Wellington has called for a

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to be held at the next State election on introduction of

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for

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. The Bill proposes a split-

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for the state of Queensland and has suggested that the

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, Sunshine Coast,

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, Logan,

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, Redland and

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be included in the daylight saving time zone, while the rest of the state remains on standard time.

Drafting

In early 2010, the

Daylight Saving for South East Queensland Daylight Saving for South East Queensland (DS4SEQ) was a political party in Queensland, Australia. It was a single-issue party, run by volunteers, that advocated the introduction of Daylight Saving into Queensland, or at the very least into S ...

(DS4SEQ)

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approached Wellington to introduce a private member's bill. As Wellington agreed with the principles of the DS4SEQ proposal, specifically the dual time zone arrangement, he drafted the Daylight Saving for South East Queensland Referendum Bill 2010.

Response

In response to this bill, Leader of the Opposition

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, immediately announced that he would not support the bill, saying "We will not be supporting a referendum on daylight saving," and "I don't want to make an interstate problem an intrastate problem." The

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, Anna Bligh, announced a community consultation process, which resulted in over 74,000 respondents participating, 64 per cent of whom supported a trial of daylight saving, while 63 per cent were also in favour of holding a referendum. On 7 June 2010, and after reviewing the favourable consultation results, Bligh announced that her Government would not support the bill because regional Queenslanders were overwhelmingly opposed to daylight saving. DS4SEQ called for Bligh and her government to reconsider their position. The bill was defeated in Queensland Parliament on 15 June 2011.

Previous daylight saving referendum

Queensland has had one previous referendum on daylight saving, which was held on 22 February 1992, with the question: "Are you in favour of daylight saving?", which was defeated with a 54.5 per cent 'no' vote. The vote on this referendum was after Queensland had trialled daylight saving over a three-year period, from 1989/90 to 1991/92. The referendum result displayed a distinct trend—that public opinion on daylight saving in Queensland is geographically divided, with the 'no' vote strongest in the north and west regional districts, while the 'yes' vote was strongest in the state's metropolitan south-east.

References

External links

Daylight Saving for South East Queensland Referendum Bill 2010Daylight Saving for South East Queensland Party official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Daylight Saving For South East Queensland Referendum Act 2010 Referendums in Queensland 2010 in Australia Daylight saving time in Australia 2010s in Queensland

Drafting

Response

Previous daylight saving referendum

See also

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