Daylight saving has begun in some Southern states, but here in sunny Queensland, our political masters have decreed that we’re having none of it, despite government commissioned research which shows 60% in favour and 69% in the South East Corner.

When Anna Bligh became premier, she was quick to rule out daylight saving - a decision which was supposed to symbolise, well, decisiveness and a desire to govern for the cows and the blinds that might fade as well as for pesky urbanites.

It’s not looking like such a good call now. LNP members were instructed by the Borg’s office to avoid the subject when questioned, and flicking the switch to daylight saving would be a deft wedge to expose divisions between the Nats and the Libs in the LNP, as well as to highlight the lack of Brisbane representation on the LNP front bench.