urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:e_dan Daniel Daniel 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:e_dan:27673 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z skunkhour 'up to our necks in it' (s&m remix) omg I'm actually really excited about this one - I don't know the result yet, and I hate daylight saving with a passion - and I have a simple faith in the ability of West Australian voters to go "NO! We don't want change!". Which for once counts in my favour.<br /><br />So, I'm firing up the website of the one WA newspaper, The West Australian - a paper so execrable it makes, um, something which is sht look not sht...and see what it says...<br /><br />Hmm, doesn't seem to have a result. That's about standard. Too many syllables.<br /><br />Ok, take two, let's look at the ABC site...<br /><br />OMG they have a headline "NO campaign wins through to end daylight saving in WA" - honey to my ears and balm to my soul :) Apparently a little over 55% of voters voted NO.<br /><br />This is, by the way, the 4th referendum on daylight saving in WA since 1975 - they've all been 'no' results, and this is the biggest so far. 1975 was 53.7% no, 1984 was 54.4% no, and 1992 (which I voted in) was 53.1% no. The WA Premier reckons that it should probably not be reconsidered for another 20 years or so. More balm to my ears.<br /><br />We've just finished the 3rd year of an enforced 3 year trial of daylight saving, by the way, so you can't say it was a blind vote :)