Daylight Saving Party to Contest South Brisbane By-election
The Daylight Saving for South East Queensland Party (DS4SEQ) will contest the 28 April South Brisbane by-election and have endorsed local self-employed businesswoman, Ms Penny Panorea, as their candidate.

DS4SEQ advocates the introduction of Daylight Saving into Queensland, or at the very least, into south-east Queensland and Ms Panorea believes Daylight Saving is a significant issue for the people of South Brisbane.

“Many local businesses, including mine, have regular dealings with clients and colleagues in other states and are forced to adjust commercial practices in order to accommodate Daylight Saving business hours in those states,” Ms Panorea said.

“For my media and advertising business, working to interstate deadlines is critical, and adjusting for Daylight Saving hours in southern states impacts upon lead times and can result in missed deadlines. Having Daylight Saving in Queensland would resolve these problems,” she said.

“Importantly, Daylight Saving would also provide Queensland families with more quality time together, to enjoy outdoor leisure activities. Having Daylight Saving would certainly improve my family’s quality of life,” Ms Panorea said.

Ms Panorea has highlighted that she is no politician. “This is my first foray into politics, and it’s my frustration at not having Daylight Saving, that has led me to contest this by-election,” she said.

Ms Panorea said that Queensland’s current non-adoption of Daylight Saving is a twenty-year hangover from a referendum held in 1992. “A referendum result from two decades ago is outdated and certainly doesn’t reflect current population demographics. In the last twenty years, support for Daylight Saving throughout Queensland has increased. DS4SEQ believe it is time to hold a new referendum in order to accurately reflect current community sentiment,” Ms Panorea said.

Ms Panorea said that by voting for DS4SEQ at the by-election, the people of South Brisbane can send a clear message to Premier Campbell Newman, and his Liberal National Party Government, that they want Daylight Saving. “DS4SEQ is the only party that supports affirmative action on Daylight Saving. I therefore want to emphasise to the people of South Brisbane how important it is to give DS4SEQ their first preference when voting. Voters can then allocate their second preference to any other party they choose,” she said.

“Given this by-election will have no bearing on who governs Queensland, the people of South Brisbane have a unique opportunity to use it as a protest and a mini referendum on Daylight Saving. So vote one for the Daylight Saving Party!” Ms Panorea said.
Ms Panorea was born in Brisbane and has lived in the local South Brisbane area all her life. Ms Panorea is married, and a mother to five daughters.

ABOUT THE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS FOR SOUTH EASTERN QUEENSLAND PARTY:
The Party’s sole policy is to have Daylight Saving introduced into the South East Queensland region under a dual time zone arrangement.
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The more Party members we have, the greater the pressure that can be applied to the major parties, on the issue of Daylight Saving. This will ensure that the people of South East Queensland are no longer ignored. Please refer to the ‘JOIN UP‘ link above.