This is one of those few questions where it is easy to see both sides of the coin.

A few years ago as a Brisbane 9 to 5 worker, with kids who rode show jumpers, it would have been great to get home, with some daylight in winter, the jumping season, to help train them. It did worry me that there was no 'horsey' adult to oversee, & keep them safe.

For those up north, or out west, who due to our geography, get between half an hour, & an our of daylight saving, naturally, another hour could see kids getting on the school bus, in the dark.

As a boat operator in the barrier reef tourist industry, due to the Sydney aircraft ariving an hour earlier, our time, I had to start 2 boats an hour earlier in southern daylight saving. Due to local work, however, I could not stop them early. This cost me a little over $1500 a week in overtime, which I could not recoup from anyone. I had to put all my prices up a little, all year to make up this cost.

As a yachty bum, cruising the Pacific, I sat out the cyclone season in Gladstone one year, & got a job working on the new power house. With a 7.00 AM start, I really wouldn't have wanted to have daylight saving make my start an hour earlier.

As a manufacturer suppling products from Queensland to the rest of the country, It was bad news to have Victorian/NSW customers, who did not think, wondering why we didn't open at a reasonable hour. Had to start 3 staff an hour early to overcome this problem.

Split the state? Yes, if we have to. The cost of not being with the south, must be in the hunderds of millions.

I think splitting the state(s) is exactly what we need to do.

I know I personally benefit a lot from daylight saving (adjusting the clock so as not to wake up in the freezing dark during winter or alternatively, waking up 5 hours after the sun rose in summer) to start my day, but acknowledge others are inconveinenced.

Really it just shows that all states are too diverse to be allowed to be ruled by one authority each.

There is never going to be a "one size fits all" agreement on this, because everyone has their own agenda.

Mine is pretty selfish. I play cricket, and without daylight saving we would have to start the matches an hour earlier. Which cuts into my Saturday mornings a bit.

Not a very big deal. However, without it there'd be a completely wasted hour of summer daylight in the mornings.

But I have to say it is not a topic that will get me to fight at the barricades.

Or even get out of bed for.

I to did a stint in the whitsundays, mis 80's where we (on the islands) were on DST, while the mainland remaind on normal time. This caused much confusion, especially when the guests were catching the 5 oclock ferry to meet the 4.15 bus on the mainland.

Splitting the state.
Where and how do you split the state.

Go west and you end up with the sun setting around 10pm. Go north and you have a similar problem as Cains is on the same latitude as Charlavile.

Two thoughts come to mind.
1. If you want more daylight, start earlier.

2. If we were going to extend any day, wouldn't it make more sense during the winter months when the days are shorter.

I say leave well enough alone.

I used to find mildy irritating daylight saving change at both ends when I had young children as did many other mothers. It took a while for very young children to adjust to different sleep patterns and dark/light confusion.

But, I do enjoy the after-work light to be able to do more in the garden. It must be difficult for those on the borders where conditions vary between the states but I am unsure of who that might affect, maybe Northern NSW and SthQLD.

We have had the daylight saving debate (fight!) here in W.A. twice now.
We just finished 3 years of daylight saving before having the second referendum.

The 'NO' vote won again. So obviously most people here were against it.
I was a fence sitter.
I didn't care if it stayed or went- mainly because it didn't really affect my work or leisure lifestyle.

Most young mothers and farmers I knew were vehemently against it though, so I imagine it will be the same in Queensland.
My father lives in Brisbane and says everyone he knows is strongly against it.