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Originally Posted by pgc hunter
If there is anywhere in this country that could use DST (or a permanent timezone shift) is Brisbane. The summer sunrise times there are plain ludicrous. Sunsets are too early, even in summer, you get home from work and it's almost sunset.
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I don't doubt it. Brisbane is 8 degrees of longitude further East than Cairns, so even at the equinox, the Sun is rising and setting some 30 mins earlier than Cairns. Combined with southern Brisbane's early sunrises in in summer, yeah I would want DST also.
However, the rest of the state is not poked in that South-easterly corner, and if the Brisbanites lived here, most would then hate the idea of DST also.
When I retire, they can do what they like. Until then, I have responsibilities that mean I have to fit in with everybody's else's hours. So for me, I am glad that I am not staying up later to enjoy my hobby, as I do now.