Columnist tells Queenslanders who don't want daylight saving to 'just get the hell out'


Queenslanders who don’t want daylight saving are told to ‘just get the hell out of the state’ and that city slickers shouldn’t care if the bush is dead against it

  • Queensland, Western Australia and the NT don’t have daylight savings
  • Sky News host Peter Gleeson said it was ‘criminal’ it didn’t change the clocks
  • There are calls for referendum on whether daylight savings should be brought in 
  • State government rejected the calls after majority voted no in 1992


A columnist has told Queenslanders opposed to daylight savings to ‘get the hell out’ of the Sunshine State.

Sky News host Peter Gleeson penned a piece for the Courier Mail detailing his desire for his state to wind its clocks forward an hour in summer.

Along with Western Australia and the Northern Territory, Queensland does not follow the practice favoured by their southern brethren.

Gleeson claimed daylight savings ‘made perfect sense’ for his state, and lashed out at anything who disagreed.

Along with Western Australia and the Northern Territory, Queensland does not wind forward their clocks come summer time. There have been recent calls for QLD to introduce daylight savings

Along with Western Australia and the Northern Territory, Queensland does not wind forward their clocks come summer time. There have been recent calls for QLD to introduce daylight savings

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‘The fact that Queensland, one of the most progressive, modern and prosperous jurisdictions in the world, doesn’t have daylight saving is criminal,’ he wrote.

‘It would put us on equal time zones as the southern states, but more importantly, give people an extra hour of daylight each evening during summer.’

‘If you still are opposed to daylight saving, just get the hell out of the Sunshine State, once and for all.’

Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner recently called for a 2024 referendum to introduce daylight savings, but the state government rejected the idea. 

‘We have listened to the people of Queensland who have previously said they do not want daylight savings,’ Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said on Tuesday.

‘We’re just focused on growing our economy and dealing with our response to Covid.’

The last time Queenslanders were made to vote was in 1992 where the state was divided between the north and the south. 

Sky News host Peter Gleeson penned a piece for the Courier Mail detailing his desire for his state to catch up to the rest of eastern Australia. He said those who didn't support daylight savings should 'get the hell out' of the state

Sky News host Peter Gleeson penned a piece for the Courier Mail detailing his desire for his state to catch up to the rest of eastern Australia. He said those who didn’t support daylight savings should ‘get the hell out’ of the state

In northern parts of the state, 77 per cent voted for no but 60 per cent of residents in the southeast voted for yes. 

Mr Gleeson said Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk not wanting to again divide the state with another ballot was ‘rubbish’.

‘We’re already divided. North Queensland doesn’t want a bar of the southeast anyway, so why should we worry about what they think,’ he said.

‘Queensland already has a reputation for being the capital of Australia’s hillbilly politicians. The fact that we’re an hour behind the other states just solidifies that perception that we’re a little bit slower than the rest.’

Some business owners have also thrown their support around daylight savings, saying the time difference impacted their relationship with other states.

But others are against the idea.

Some have complained that scorching hot temperatures would make daylight savings difficult

Some have complained that scorching hot temperatures would make daylight savings difficult

MP Robbie Katter from Katter’s Australian Party took it upon himself to start a petition urging the government not to introduce it because of the high temperatures in the north.

‘South-east Queenslanders annually revisit their desire to introduce DST, despite the fact this would plunge the overwhelming geographic majority of Queenslanders into artificially-lengthened ‘working days’ characterized by an additional hour of oppressive heat and sunshine for a six-month period,’ he wrote in the petition.

‘It would also further erode livability in rural and regional communities, many of which already contend with 40-plus degree days throughout summer.’

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