Daylight saving puts border town on two clocks at once
Towns on the NSW-Queensland border face time confusion when daylight saving starts Sunday.
When daylight saving kicks in at 2am Sunday, NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and the ACT will skip forward an hour. Queensland won't.
The border towns of Tweed Heads (NSW) and Coolangatta (Qld) will split: businesses on one side operating an hour ahead of the other. Ellen Clark, who recently opened a cosmetic nurse practice in Tweed Heads, expects late arrivals from Queensland clients unfamiliar with the shift.
Sean McMillan, new barber shop owner on Bay Street, is adjusting his hours to catch both sides. Mayor Tom Tate has renewed calls to introduce daylight saving in Queensland's southeast corner, but Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has rejected dividing the state.
Queensland last trialled daylight saving in 1989-92 and rejected it in a referendum.
- 2am becomes 3am
- Clock shift
- Tweed Heads and Coolangatta
- Border towns affected
- 1989-92
- Previous trial
Why it mattersBusinesses straddling the border will struggle with bookings and staffing; customers may arrive an hour off, lost revenue and confusion.
AustraliaBorder businesses in Far North NSW lose clients to the time gap; Gold Coast calls for daylight saving go unanswered as Queensland remains isolated.
✓ Claims checked against the source and corrected before publish. checked 2 h ago
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