A bid to change Tasmania's timezone to enable enjoyment of more daylight hours was laughed off on the final day of the Tasmanian Liberal Party's state conference.
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Party delegate Will Coats argued strongly to put the state 30 minutes ahead of the eastern states.
Former parliamentarian Adam Brooks spoke against the motion as he believed a time change would negatively impact business trading with Victoria and New South Wales.
Party delegate Christian Street said it was "fair dinkum the stupidest motion ever".
A motion to provide Commonwealth rent assistance to homeowners who struggled to keep up with mortgage repayments also failed to get approval.
Young Liberals member Jake Bourke said government subsidies for people who had the means to own a home was "a colossal waste of money".
He said homeowners essentially had an asset they could sell to recoup money while renters on the government's rent assistance program did not.
Conference delegates voted in favour of a motion to request the federal government to demand China respect democracy, civil liberties and law in Hong Kong.
Party delegate Clark Cooley said China was a friend to Australia but it was a friend's duty to tell the truth.
"We have to obviously be diplomatic about this ... but need to tell them it is unacceptable what they are doing to the people of Hong Kong," he said.
Liberal senator Eric Abetz said Australia should not allow dictators and oppressive regimes to stifle democratic rights.
A motion was supported for Centrelink to send mobile units to regional areas of the state on a regular basis.
Delegates supported a call for the federal government to seek out new intercountry adoption programs to allow more abandoned and orphaned children to live in Australia.
It was argued the bureaucracy around adoption was burdensome which led to low adoption rates in the country.
