When does daylight savings start in Australia in 2024 and what time do clocks go forward?

As October approaches, love it or hate it, so too does daylight saving.Each year, the clocks move forward on the first Sunday of October – but only for about half the states.Sydney and Melbourne will remain in sync but Brisbane will be left behind. Perth, which is ordinarily hours behind the east coast, will lag even further, while communities on the Queensland-New South Wales border will begin their annual six-month headache.It’s controversial among Queenslanders and sleep scientists. But others love it – and vets say animals just get on with it, being “much more pragmatic than humans are”.When does daylight savings start in Australia?Time will jump forward an hour when the clock strikes 2am on Sunday 6 October. That means when local standard time is about to reach 2am, clocks are turned forward one hour to 3am local time instead.Australians living in states and territories observing daylight saving will effectively lose an hour, but gain extra sunlight in the…