Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 11:15:06 -0700
From: Guy Harris via tz <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
| I think daylight saving time might also be under the control of
| states rather than solely of the federal government in Australia
| as well.
Completely under the control of the states, the commonwealth govt
has nothing to do with it at all, except that they can override the
territories (NT & ACT, and a few remote ones I think) territory
legislatures should they desire.
When AU was created from the states, the commonwealth were granted
specific powers (defence, international relations/trade, ...) and
everything else was reserved to the states. The states can donate
powers to the govt should they desire, but apart from making
changes to the constitution (something rarely attempted and less
often successful) that's the only way for the commonwealth to take
over something.
kre
