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*Australian Time Zones

The size of Australia means that we have three times zones. 

Eastern states - Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania - are on Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) which is GMT plus 10 hours. 

South Australia and the Northern Territory are on Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) which is GMT plus 9.5 hours.

Western Australia is on Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) which is GMT plus 8 hours. 

*Australian Daylight Saving Dates

New South Wales (including the ACT), Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania move their clocks forward one hour for Daylight Saving (or Summertime) in October each year and back in March/April. The dates vary from state to state and are on the BCL what's on page for the relevant state and month. 

In 2008 the states are changing these dates. At the time of writing, Western Australia will still put their clocks back at 3am on Sunday 30 March 2008. Tasmania will now put their clocks back on Sunday 6 April 2008.

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria will put their clocks back at 3am on Sunday 6 April 2008. From October 2008, they will start daylight saving 3 weeks earlier, on the first Sunday in October in line with Tasmania.

You can get the latest changes using these links direct to the relevant page of the official state government sites for past and projected daylight saving start and finish dates: 

Brisbane and Queensland maintain Eastern Standard Time all year round. This causes much debate every year in the south eastern corner of the state, and particularly on the Gold Coast which straddles the border. However, much of Queensland is in the tropics where residents have no desire to change their clocks in order to increase the amount of daylight and hot sunlight in which they live. 

The Northern Territory do not change their clocks.

Western Australia did not have daylight saving until 2006. On 3rd December 2006, WA commenced a 3 year trial to be followed by a referendum in 2009. In 2007, they will commence on the last Sunday in October in line with other states.

See also Australian School Holiday Dates.

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