NSW farmers are renewing calls for daylight savings to be scaled back.
Running for half the year, we wind the clock forward an hour in October and then in April reverse it.
But some of those who work on the land claim it’s no longer relevant in the post-Covid world.
The NSW Farmers Association will vote next week on whether to push for the period to be shortened to four months.
“Business hours are far more flexible than when daylight saving hours were introduced,” Bronwyn Petrie, a director for the lobby group said.
“We need to get rid of March and October.
“If we can get it shortened that will make a huge difference.”
Scientists also claim the time shift throws sleep cycles out of whack and can jeopardise overall health.
But NSW Premier Chris Minns had made it clear he doesn’t support the proposition.
“We’re not going to do that,” Minns said.
“I understand there’s different views in regional communities about daylight saving but it’s an important measure for the state.”