Health Report - Separate stories podcast
Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min · 5 segments
A look at some of the Health Report correspondence this week. You can email us at healthreport@abc.net.au
Norman SwanHostI'm being very specific in my pronunciation, [laughs] and you'll find out why very soon.
But we discussed a study in the news that had looked at whether it has health impacts or not.
Mary writes in, and Mary is not happy with you, Norman, 'cause it's your quote-
... where you said something about people in Queensland and Western Australia.
To be fair, you said Queenslanders and people from WA think we need our heads read and our curtains are going to fade, which is-
"As a Queenslander, I didn't appreciate you slagging off at Queenslanders with your jokes about daylight saving.
If you looked at the results of the referendums, you would find that the vast majority of Queenslanders who actually do live in Southeast Queensland would like to have daylight saving.
But the nature of Queensland, because it's so decentralized, means that what most of the people want in Queensland doesn't happen.
Please just keep that in mind before you rubbish Queenslanders and make jokes about us."
I feel like this is the last [laughs] time we'll ever cover daylight saving, Norman.
I'm being very specific in my pronunciation, [laughs] and you'll find out why very soon.
But we discussed a study in the news that had looked at whether it has health impacts or not.
Mary writes in, and Mary is not happy with you, Norman, 'cause it's your quote-
... where you said something about people in Queensland and Western Australia.
To be fair, you said Queenslanders and people from WA think we need our heads read and our curtains are going to fade, which is-
"As a Queenslander, I didn't appreciate you slagging off at Queenslanders with your jokes about daylight saving.
If you looked at the results of the referendums, you would find that the vast majority of Queenslanders who actually do live in Southeast Queensland would like to have daylight saving.
But the nature of Queensland, because it's so decentralized, means that what most of the people want in Queensland doesn't happen.
Please just keep that in mind before you rubbish Queenslanders and make jokes about us."
I feel like this is the last [laughs] time we'll ever cover daylight saving, Norman.
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