Queensland Premier rules out splitting time zones for daylight saving

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has ruled out splitting Queensland into two time zones to allow for daylight saving, even though she would personally like to wind her clock forward.

Ms Palaszczuk said she likes daylight saving, but it is her job to unite the state rather than divide it.

"People feel very strongly and very passionately about this issue," she told ABC Radio today.

"Brisbane City Council and the Gold Coast City Council would probably support this, but I'm out west and I was meeting with graziers last night and it was daylight at 7 o'clock at night.

"What we will find is we will end up dividing the state on this particular issue."

Brisbane Deputy Mayor Adrian Schrinner started a petition on the Queensland Parliament website yesterday to introduce daylight saving in Queensland.

It had received more than 2500 signatures by this morning.

Ms Palaszczuk said she was more than happy for people to "have their say" on the issue and sign the petition, but ruled out introducing split time zones so the south-east corner could have daylight saving.

"That will just not work because that will be dividing Queensland," she said.

"Queensland is a very, very large state and whilst the people in the south-east would like it, I know a lot of people across regional Queensland would oppose it."