Farmers push to cut daylight savings over dark school runs
NSW Farmers president wants to shorten the six-month daylight saving stretch because children face dark school commutes.
Farm children in NSW go to school in darkness, which Rebecca Reardon calls dangerous. Rebecca Reardon runs a grain and livestock farm north of Moree and leads NSW Farmers.
Daylight saving extends darkness into the morning because farmers wake at the same time regardless. Farmers work until sunset anyway, so the extra light comes too late.
Reardon wants the six-month daylight saving period shortened, not scrapped. Previous years have run it for as little as four months, so change is possible.
- six months
- Current daylight saving length
- four months
- Shortest previous length
- Rebecca Reardon
- NSW Farmers president
- north of Moree
- Reardon's location
Why it mattersDark school commutes pose a safety risk, and extended daylight saving worsens rural family sleep schedules.
AustraliaNSW farmers and rural families face longer dark mornings during school term, affecting child safety and parent routines.
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