Why haven't you included the newly formed Daylight Saving for South East Queensland Party (DS4SEQ)?
I believe that a number of people are going to vote for them, as they are very frustrated that neither major party has seriously considered a dual time zone approach for DST.
The DS4SEQ Party are proposing a dual time zone, allowing a respectful view towards regional and rural Queenslanders, whilst also giving consideration to the view of the majority of residents in South East Queensland. This will allow regional and rural Queensland to continue to operate on Australian Eastern Standard time, whilst the South East Queensland region adopts Daylight Saving Time for 6 months of the year.
As the majority in Queensland now support the introduction of DST, with about 70% of SEQ in support (figures from the Qld Government's own research), this seems a logical step forward, and of course this concept has previously been discussed on your forums.
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Thursday, 29 January 2009 10:01
Graham Young
I've just checked the results and only one person (you?) said they would vote for this party. I can't cover everything, unfortunately.
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Thursday, 29 January 2009 10:24
Daylight Saving is an election issue
Well if you actually had DS4SEQ as an option, I think you would find more people would select them as their voting choice.
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Friday, 30 January 2009 13:44
David Jones
I think if we analyse the performance of the ALP government over that last eleven years, several issues stand out as failures. There has been no recognition of the need to unlock the Brisbane gridlock until just recently, with not one new arterial road or freeway completed in eleven years, while our population has risen by a third and it has been shown to cost us billions per annum; the health system is in disarray and should be taken over by the Commonwealth which funds most of it; our Police and other emergency and community services are stretched to breaking point; there has been no recognition of the vast majority of Queenslanders who have asked for daylight saving, nor has the huge fiscal savings to be made by adopting DLS been recognised, and the state government has yet to eliminate virtually ANY of the state taxes and charges which were promised with the introduction of GST. This is government theft. And they want me to vote for them ? I think not.
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Saturday, 31 January 2009 07:06
brenda mason
In your analysis of the results of this survey you stress the significance of the Qld Green Party. However, in your lists where one chooses a party, the Greens are never included.
To include the Greens in the list of choices would surely improve the quality of your analysis?
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Saturday, 31 January 2009 12:24
Brad McPherson
Brenda makes a good point. However, I think you should actually stress the significance of ALL minor parties, not just the Greens. That includes this new DS4SEQ party, that i just saw mentioned in the comments. I don't mind either way with daylight saving, but I understand more people want it now than ever before.
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Monday, 02 February 2009 06:46
Graham Young
Brenda,
The Greens are always included as an option. 25% of respondents in this survey said that if an election were held this weekend they would vote for the Greens.
We also have an "other" option where you can put in a party if we have missed one. Our standard list includes all the major minors, but you can always miss one. I'll put the daylight saving party in next time, but there is bound to always be someone else who says they have been left off.
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Sunday, 08 February 2009 19:24
Voter
Going early, running full term...whichever way, we still don't have much of a choice. A government that has proven they shouldn't be in power, or a merged party, which is run by a country boy, not interested in what urban residents needs are. The minor parties are going to make the difference, cos one of them has my vote - which one I have yet to decide.
I believe that a number of people are going to vote for them, as they are very frustrated that neither major party has seriously considered a dual time zone approach for DST.
The DS4SEQ Party are proposing a dual time zone, allowing a respectful view towards regional and rural Queenslanders, whilst also giving consideration to the view of the majority of residents in South East Queensland. This will allow regional and rural Queensland to continue
to operate on Australian Eastern Standard time, whilst the South East Queensland region adopts Daylight Saving Time for 6 months of the year.
As the majority in Queensland now support the introduction of DST, with about 70% of SEQ in support (figures from the Qld Government's own research), this seems a logical step forward, and of course this concept has previously been discussed on your forums.
And they want me to vote for them ? I think not.
To include the Greens in the list of choices would surely improve the quality of your analysis?
The Greens are always included as an option. 25% of respondents in this survey said that if an election were held this weekend they would vote for the Greens.
We also have an "other" option where you can put in a party if we have missed one. Our standard list includes all the major minors, but you can always miss one. I'll put the daylight saving party in next time, but there is bound to always be someone else who says they have been left off.