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Queensland – Standard Time Act 1894 [12] New South Wales – Standard Time Act 1987 [13] Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory – Standard Time and Summer Time Act 1972 [14] Victoria – Summer Time Act 1972 [15] Tasmania – Standard Time Act 1895 [16] and the Daylight Saving Act 2007 [17]
Australian time zones during daylight-saving time (from southern spring to southern autumn). Daylight saving time (DST) is currently observed in the Australian states of New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria, as well as the Australian Capital Territory, Jervis Bay Territory and Norfolk Island.
Six o'clock closing was introduced during the First World War, partly as an attempt to improve public morality and partly as a war austerity measure. Before this reform, most hotels and public houses in Australia had closed at 11 or 11:30 pm. [1] Support for changing hotel closing times originally came from the temperance movement, which hoped that implementing restrictions on the sale of ...
The main runway itself cuts through the state borders of Queensland and New South Wales. During summer, these states are in two different time zones. The Gold Coast Airport operates on Queensland Time (year-round AEST / UTC+10). The facility occupies 371 hectares (917 acres) of airport property. [5]
Lake Eyre basin – QLD/SA/NT/NSW; Murray–Darling basin – NSW/ACT/VIC/QLD/SA; Northern Australia – NT/QLD/part of WA; The Nullarbor – SA/WA; Outback – mainly NT and WA, but all territories except ACT and TAS; Southern Australia – TAS/VIC/SA, sometimes including NSW and WA; Sunraysia – a portion of NSW and VIC
Established in 1862, the New South Wales Police Force investigates Summary and Indictable offences throughout the State of New South Wales. The state has two fire services: the volunteer based New South Wales Rural Fire Service , which is responsible for the majority of the state, and the Fire and Rescue NSW , a government agency responsible ...
The show continued to be broadcast until 10am Sydney time only in to Queensland to continue these updates and prevent scheduling problems. On most public holidays, Sunrise is extended to 10 am, thus adding an additional hour to its telecast, and has at times had a studio audience for these special events.
The takeover by the Commonwealth Government of "A Class" broadcasters began in 1928 when the Australian Broadcasting Company (founded 1926 with a capital of £100,000) won a government contract to provide programming nationwide for the "A-class" stations in each State: 2FC Sydney [13] and 3AR Melbourne [14] in 1929, 4QG in Brisbane in 1930, 5CL in Adelaide 1929, and 6WF in Perth.