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    WA daylight saving party eyes state seat

    Rebecca Gredley
    November 1, 2016, 10:27 am


    The Daylight Savings Party of WA is reigniting the debate about whether the state should have an extra hour of sunshine during the warmer months.

    Party leader Wilson Tucker is running for a legislative council seat in the state election next March and hopes daylight saving becomes an election issue.

    "We wanted to challenge the policy of previous generations and re-engage the conversation," he said.

    Mr Tucker, aged 32, believes attitudes towards daylight saving are generational and said the main reason for extra daylight was to align time with recreational hours.

    "People want more time in the evening to enjoy themselves, business members who engage with the east coast have a three hour time difference and young families want more time after work," he said.

    He is aiming to take the issue to a public vote and believes the "yes" vote would gain a majority.

    "It comes down to a cultural shift and attitude...it's time to have the conversation again."

    There have been four daylight saving referendums in WA, in 1975, 1984, 1992 and 2009.

    The state has rejected the idea each time, with the 2009 "no" vote the highest of all four referendums, following a three-year trial of daylight saving which began in 2006.

    Arguments against daylight saving include young children not being able to sleep in the evening while it's still light outside, technology minimising the issue of a time difference with the east coast and that it will be darker in the mornings.

    Queensland and the Northern Territory also do not have daylight saving.

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    What a great idea

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    Lol here we go again

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    Let's hope we get it this time and keep it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by The InnFORCEr View Post
    Mr Tucker, aged 32, believes attitudes towards daylight saving are generational
    Does he really?

    Quote Originally Posted by The InnFORCEr View Post
    There have been four daylight saving referendums in WA, in 1975, 1984, 1992 and 2009.

    The state has rejected the idea each time, with the 2009 "no" vote the highest of all four referendums, following a three-year trial of daylight saving which began in 2006.
    9 years between the first two
    8 Years between the next pair
    and 17 years between the last 2
    followed by a 7 year gap until now

    that means at least 2 generations have rejected the idea and we haven't allowed a generation to pass since the last one.

    Methinks Mr Tucker isn't interested in listening to the public!

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    Why do they always bring this shit up just as the leader of the opposition gets new curtains?

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    Vote yes to Daylight Savings!

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    The extra hour of sunlight everyday is a significant contributor to global warming.

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    I think the results of the 2009 referendum are an indication of exactly how much the WA public get pissed off at people trying to tell them what to do!

    I don't know tha tthe issue has anything much to do with daylight saving anymore, it's all about politicians not listening.

    I was against it when my kids were little and still had a bedtime, don't really give a crap right now, but will vote no just because of how many times I voted no and they KEEP BRINGING IT UP!!!!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by GIGS20 View Post
    I think the results of the 2009 referendum are an indication of exactly how much the WA public get pissed off at people trying to tell them what to do!
    A broad generalization given the yes vote won in the metropolitan area of Perth (obviously not by enough to win the state) yet was a no in rural areas where the Cow's milk goes sour with the extra hour of sunlight.

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    And this appears on a rugby supporters site exactly why?

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    It's in part of the site that is dedicated to non rugby related issues, you don't have to enter every Public Bar you see, I have the same problem

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