North Queensland opposes daylight saving: MP

ABC News

The Member for Thuringowa in north Queensland says he has been inundated with feedback on a proposal to have two different time zones in the state.

Local MP Craig Wallace says in just one week about 200 people have contacted him to voice their opinions, with about 60 per cent saying they do not want to see a split time zone.

Mr Wallace says he will continue to take feedback from the community before reporting back to Premier Anna Bligh on May 18.

"Well a lot of people have told me that they don't really care what [the] south-east does as long as we keep daylight saving out of north Queensland," he said.

"The other 40 per cent said they would support a split time zone in Queensland as long as daylight saving wasn't introduced into north Queensland."

Mr Wallace says people are sick or the issue.

"They believe that if south-east Queensland does have daylight saving and we don't we have a split time zone it may well put that debate to bed and certainly some people want this debate to be finished," he said.