Further to Sir h0ugh's history, may I add that Tasmania was resposible for reintroducing
daylight saving and convincing the states that it was a good thing. So, not only is our wonderful state government to blame for much of the C02 that gets in to the air from forestry destruction and burning, they are the reason you have to endure a six month long time warp.
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Tasmania may be our smallest state, but they had great influence on why we have DST in Australia today. The Tasmanian state government implemented Daylight Savings in the summer of 1967 to save power which saved water. A severe drought in the state made it imperative that DST be used to help the situation. As it turned out, they liked having DST in Tasmania so much so that they have continued it ever since. Because it was such a success, the Tasmanian state government pushed to get DST used Australia-wide.
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