Comments on: Westpoll: 56-44 to Liberal in WA

By: Adam in Canberra

Adam in Canberra — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:40:58 +0000

Reporter: Why are so opposed to daylight saving, Sir Joh?
Bjelke-Petersen: Because the sun shines out of my posterior and I’m not getting up an hour earlier for anyone.

By: Bird of paradox

Bird of paradox — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:34:34 +0000

MDM at 45: There’s a few reasons. Partly it’s the weather (it gets very hot in summer, and DLS pushes the hot part of the day an hour further into the late afternoon / evening); partly it’s that most of the population lives in the west of the state, where the sun sets later anyway (it’s no coincidence that Matt Birney, who got this trial going, comes from Kalgoorlie, in the east), and partly because the state extends so far north. Somewhere like Broome or Kununurra, there’s less seasonal variation of day length, so the time change is more jarring – same reason why Qld and NT don’t have it.

(There may also be straw-man arguments spread by the pro-DLS lobby about cows and curtains, or Perth being dullsville and scared of change. Pay them no attention. )

Funny story, by the way: the Nullarbor has its own time zone. Near the SA border, the physical time is very different from either WA or SA (based on Perth and Adelaide respectively), so they have their semi-official time zone, 45 min ahead of WA and 45 min behind SA. It’s like year-round DLS, for the only part of the state that really needs it.

By: Oz

Oz — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:14:42 +0000

Oz, do you realise that is the point of the avatar?

Just checking.

By: MDMConnell

MDMConnell — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:53:29 +0000

Why are the people of WA so opposed to daylight saving? Is it typical stuff like farmers not wanting to milk their cows in the dark, or something more uniquely West Australian?

By: Frank Calabrese

Frank Calabrese — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:31:46 +0000

Bree, the 1984 Referendum, the Premier was one Brian Burke, and it was still defeated

While the leader in 1992 was one Carmen Lawrence, BOTH ALP Premiers. , while in 1975 it was Sir Charles Court, so the Referendum wasn’t successful by EITHER Party.

By: Frank Calabrese

Frank Calabrese — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:26:59 +0000

Barnett will vote no and Ripper will vote yes. This is my prediction for the DLS referendum in WA. I think the no vote will win because most people in referendums, vote the same way as the leader of the incumbent instead of the leader of the opposition.

Bree, the 1984 Referendum, the Ptremier was one Brian Burke, and it was still defeated

Keep trying

By: Glinn Mgraw

Glinn Mgraw — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:56:44 +0000

Oz, do you realise that is the point of the avatar?

By: Bree

Bree — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:36:10 +0000

Barnett will vote no and Ripper will vote yes. This is my prediction for the DLS referendum in WA. I think the no vote will win because most people in referendums, vote the same way as the leader of the incumbent instead of the leader of the opposition.

By: Oz

Oz — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:59:39 +0000

Glinn Mgraw, you realise the arrow in your avatar is pointing to the left?

By: Glinn Mgraw

Glinn Mgraw — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:46:30 +0000

They look pretty functional at the moment.