Siren & Brian

Now that DLS is going to be trialled again in Perth for the next 3 years starting in December, what am I going to do about my fading curtains, kids that wont sleep, cows which milk will go off...........

Scossie

And we'll get an extra hours drinking time before the fireworks on Australia Day!

Can't start them at 8 o'clock now. Nobody will see them!!!

DebraH

I only caught part of this on the news yesterday - is there going to be a trial? and I heard something about the 1st dec. can't get the local tv news as our aerial still isn't sorted

Siren & Brian

Wont see them at 9 either

Siren & Brian

Yes the trial will be for 3 years and start beginning of December this year.

Siren & Brian

We had fixtured a Day/Night game this season for our cricket on January 6th. Now with DLS in i think it will be a Day/Day game

MartinLuther

Is it worth it for 1 month of the year

moneypenny20

Apparently our dear Premier over here has said that we definitely won't be getting it, not because of the cows or the chickens, not even because god forbid our curtains and furniture will fade but because we will all get more skin cancer from having one more hour of sunshine

Amazulu

I still can't believe a man in his position has come out with this. Scary.
I'm glad it's happening in WA, but why the need for a 3 year trial?. Seems there is an obsession with referendums here. We elect government to make decisions on our behalf, why do we need a referendum. Just get on with it.
Already Farmers are complaining. If DLS is such a problem, how the hell have farmers in NSW, Vic & S. Australia managed for all these years?

MartinLuther

I always find the objection from farmers strange. Surely they set their own working hours so for 99% of the stuff they do it shouldn't matter whether DLS is in or not.

NickyC

It's not such a daft a thing to say. If everyone in QLD sticks to their normal waking/sleeping hours then they WILL get an extra hour of daylight during their waking hours (which is the whole point of doing it) and they COULD get more skin cancer.

It's only the people who currently get up at 4.30am (or whenever the sun rises) that wouldn't be affected by any change.

Amazulu

The problem with sun/skin cancer is at it's worst during the middle of the day. An extra hour of sunshine at the end of the day is not going to be a problem. So it is a daft thing to say.

nightnurse2

Will we be turning the clocks forward then in December?
Does anyone have the date?
Tracey

Amazulu

1 hour forward on 3rd December.

Ransi

Forward on the first