Is daylight saving good for Australia?

- Web links, documents and video clips

On April 6, 2022, The Conversation published a comment by Steve Calandrillo, Professor of Law, University of Washington, titled '5 ways Americans' lives will change if Congress makes daylight saving time permanent'. The opinion piece outlines five advantages which Americans may experience as a result of permanent daylight-saving time.
The full text can be accessed at

On April 3, 2022, ABC News published a background report titled 'Daylight saving ends in Australia today. In America, they're debating whether to make it permanent' which gives an explanation of the daylight saving debate in the United States.
The full text can be accessed at

On April 1, 2022, Harvard Magazine published a report by Rebecca Cadenhead titled 'The Dark Side of Daylight Saving'. The report gives a brief treatment of the physical and psychological effects of daylight saving looking at its effect on circadian rhythms.
The full text can be accessed at

On March 24, 2022, C/Net published a report titled 'Daylight Saving Time 2022: How to Reset After Losing an Hour of Sleep' which gives advice on how to transition from standard time to daylight saving time.
The full text can be accessed at

On March 22, 2022, Popular Mechanics published a comment by Dan Nosowitz titled 'Daylight Saving Time Is Actually a Good Thing' which explains some of the benefits associated with daylight saving and counters some of the arguments most often made against it.
The full text of the article can be found at

On March 15, 2022, The Latch published a comment by Jack Revell titled 'Daylight Savings Is Actually Really Bad for Your Health'. The opinion piece details a number of adverse physical and mental effects that daylight saying is claimed to have.
The full text can be accessed

On March 15, 2022, Vox published an opinion piece by Brian Resnick titled 'The Senate just voted to make daylight saving time permanent. Good.' which explains the benefits of making daylight saving time permanent.
The full text can be accessed at

On March 11, 2022, The Conversation published a report by Beth Ann Malow, Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, titled 'Why daylight-saving time is unhealthy - a neurologist explains'. The report details further findings indicating why daylight saving is mentally harmful.
The full text can be accessed at

On March 9, 2022, National Geographic published a comment and analysis titled 'Why daylight-saving time exists-and is so unpopular'. The article gives a detailed account of why daylight saving has been put in place around the world and explains a number of the problems it creates.
The full text can be accessed at

On January 18, 2022, The Washington Post published an article by Lisa L. Lewis titled 'Why teens need more sleep, and how we can help them get it' which details the importance of sleep to adolescences and how to help them achieve it.
The full text can be accessed at

On November 7, 2021, Global News published a report titled ''Social jetlag': How daylight-saving time can impact our health' which explains how the disruption of circadian rhythms can affect people.
The full text can be accessed at

On October 2, 2021, The Sydney Morning Herald published a background piece titled 'Where did daylight saving come from and which states have it?' The article looks at the origins of daylight saving and the manner in which it now operates in Australia.
The full text can be accessed at

On September 28, 2021, The Guardian published a comment by Elias Visontay titled 'Australia can't get back the time lost to lockdowns - but an extra hour of daylight saving would help'. The author proposes an additional hour of daylight-saving time in New South Wales to help the state overcome the economic burdens of COVID.
The full text of the article can be accessed at

On September 26, 2021, news.com.au published an article titled 'Queenslanders regret decision to scrap daylight savings, new study finds' which presents the findings of Dr Thomas Sigler, the lead researcher in a recent survey which found 60 percent of Queenslanders now favour daylight savings.
The full text can be accessed at

On September 18, 2021, ABC News published a report titled 'Daylight saving was introduced in WWI to save fuel. Does it still reduce electricity consumption and costs?' The report details recent research which suggests that daylight saving does not result in any anergy savings.
The full text can be accessed at

On October 3, 2020, The Brisbane Times published a report titled '"It's more than the time of day": The facts behind daylight saving' which examines some of the health problems said to be caused by daylight saving.
The full text can be accessed at

On October 5, 2019, The Gold Post Bulletin published a report titled '"You actually live life to the fuller": How Gold Coasters reacted to daylight saving arriving for another year' which reported on the positive outlook many Queenslanders now have toward daylight savings.
The full text can be accessed at

On September 13, 2019, The Conversation published a report by Julie Green, Principal Fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, titled '6 ways to stop daylight saving derailing your child's sleep'. The report gives advice to parents on how to avoid having their children's sleep disrupted by the transition to daylight saving time.
The full text can be accessed at

On March 14, 2017, news.com.au published a report titled 'More proof daylight-saving sucks' which detailed a United States study indicating that daylight savings does not promote the consumer spending which its supporters claim.
The full text can be accessed at

On March 12, 2016, Insider published an article titled 'Daylight saving time is a huge inconvenience for criminals' which discusses research indicating that daylight saving discourages some types of crime.
The full text can be accessed at