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Old 03-10-2020, 03:54 AM   #33529
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Originally Posted by Bookpossum View Post
When it was first mooted in Australia many years ago, the then Premier of Queensland said his state wouldn't go along with it because the extra hour of sunshine would fade the curtains. (I'm not making this up.)
If Joh did say it, then it's more likely that he said it when he scrapped DST in 1972. This was after his own government introduced it in 1971 along with the NSW, Vic, SA and ACT governments.

Added: It was probably Flo who said it

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