No, Australia did not observe daylight saving time between 1944 and 1967.
1970
In Australia it has already finished!!
In Australia, daylight saving ended on Sunday 3 April 2011.
Queensland was the first state to reject daylight saving, and as a result, has been subject to many ill-informed jokes and derogatory comments about why Queenslanders rejected daylight saving. It should be noted that Western Australia has also now turned its back on daylight saving, after a trial of several years.
Daylight saving started in Australia in 1917 during World War I, to conserve energy. It was not consistently observed across all states and territories until 1971.
The first Sunday of October and ends on the last Sunday in March.
Today :)
Western Australia In the USA, Arizona and Hawaii do not observe DST.
When New Zealand (UTC+12/UTC+13) is on Daylight Saving Time (last Sunday of September to 1st Sunday of April), it is 5 hours ahead of most of Western Australia (UTC+8).
South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania advance one hour for Summer Time (a.k.a. Daylight Saving Time), the Lord Howe Island advances a half hour for Summer Time. In Australia, Summer Time begins on the 1st Sunday of October and ends on the 1st Sunday of April.
4 April @ 3 AM Local Summer Time