00:00It's a debate as certain as the setting sun, yet after decades of arguing about turning
00:08back the clocks, Queenslanders are still no closer to consensus
00:20on daylight saving.
00:27Just from the border between Tweed Heads and the Gold Coast, members of this bowls
00:31club say one hour divides more than just two states.
00:36They're crossing the lines all the time, so they see that as being the one community.
00:44The Sunshine State tried daylight saving more than 30 years ago.
00:48The seemingly endless summer came to an abrupt end with a referendum in 1992.
00:55Every time we have a discussion about a time, it always has to be preceded with the old
01:00are we talking Queensland or NSW?
01:05Andrew Tribe pays more just to keep operating his Tweed Heads caravan park over summer.
01:11I have to employ every staff member an extra hour every day to stay open that extra time.
01:18Research shows the majority of Queenslanders want change.
01:22Daylight saving is the single most petitioned topic in Queensland to the state parliament
01:29after car registration fees.
01:31But in the state's north west, the days are already long and hot.
01:35Don't be so charlie to turn the bloody clock back, we're all adults here, just get up a
01:40bloody hour earlier.
01:42It's a serious problem for the kids out west when it's still 40 degrees at 9, 9.30 at night
01:48and the sun's still up and they've got to get up in the dark to go to school.
01:53Tropical fruit growers at Bungandarra, near Yapoon, don't support it.
01:58The greatest idea would be if NSW and Victoria gave it away.
02:02Dividing the state is another option.
02:05There are 14 American states that are split and also NSW is split so Broken Hill is on
02:09a different time zone to Sydney and that's because they're much farther west.
02:13It may divide Queensland but it's one issue the state's political leaders are united on.
02:19In the lead up to the October state election, both major parties have ruled out any changes
02:24to daylight saving.
02:26Putting the question aside for another lap around the sun.
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