Premier rejects farmer push to shorten daylight saving

Sam McKeithAAP

The NSW premier has shut down calls from farmers to cut back daylight saving to summer, arguing its current length is needed to encourage active lifestyles.

Members of NSW Farmers will vote at a state conference later in July on whether to take an official position on winding back the practice of putting clocks ahead one hour between October and April.

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