THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013 // THETELEGRAPH.COM.AU 03 Call for bowser boycott Drivers advised to avoid high-priced Thursdays and Fridays and save cash

PETROL PRICES THROUGH THE WEEK Highest price Lowest price NSW/ACT SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI Sydney Metro 128.4 127.5 126.3 125.1 125.6 130.1 129.8 Newcastle 131 130.6 129.9 128.9 128.4 130.6 131.8 Wollongong 130.8 130.3 129.7 128.9 128.7 131.3 131.7 Canberra Metro 131.3 130.7 130.3 129.4 128.9 130.9 132 Taree 129.7 129.6 129.5 129.4 129.4 129.7 129.8 Goulburn 130.2 130.2 130.1 130 130.1 130.3 130.3 Port Macquarie 132.5 132.4 132.3 132.2 132.3 132.5 132.6 Broken Hill 133.6 133.4 133.6 133.6 133.7 133.7 133.7 Wagga Wagga 133.7 133.7 133.7 133.6 133.7 133.8 133.9 Campbelltown 135 135 135.1 135.1 135 135.1 135.1 Bega 136.6 136.6 136.6 136.6 136.6 136.6 136.6

Canadian traveller Kasey Hitch is shocked at expensive Australian petrol prices but a new report has found how we can save at the bowser. Picture: Cameron Richardson

JOHN ROLFE & TAYLOR AUERBACH University of New England a better deal if they are con- and public holidays were ‘‘in- economics professor Abbas scious of the fuel price cycle,’’ significant’’ when compared to Valadkhani, said. Australian Automobile Associ- day-of-week differences. MOTORISTS could save as The ACCC found Thursday SEE THE FULL LIST ation executive director An- The Australian Institute of much as $200 a year on fuel by was the day of highest demand Find out which is the cheapest day to fill up drew McKellar said. Petroleum — which rep- boycotting the bowser on in Sydney, Melbourne, Bris- Mr McKellar said the ‘‘con- resents BP, Mobil, Caltex and Thursday and Fridays. bane and Adelaide in 2012. your tank near you online at straint’’ on Professor Valadk- Shell — did not respond to One of the most compre- By shifting purchases to the hani’s findings was that the requests for comment. hensive independent studies of cheapest days ‘‘motorists can price cycle had ‘‘changed sub- Though five months into petrol prices ever undertaken counter-attack’’ against petrol stantially in 18 months’’. her Australian working holi- in this country revealed the retailers, Professor Valadkhani The cycle was now less day, the shock of Sydney’s end of the working week was said: ‘‘Everyone in Australia, predictable. Rather than being petrol prices hasn’t worn off the peak in 90 per cent of 114 avoid Thursday and Friday — lished in the journal Energy gong. Canberra was also on the seven days in length, it tended for 21-year-old Kasey Hitch. cities and towns analysed. that is the message.’’ Policy, Professor Valadkhani’s list. The largest price differen- to be 10 to 12 days long. The hospitality worker from There was not a single place In nearly two-thirds of lo- analysis of seven years of data tials identified by Professor Professor Valadkhani said Calgary, in Canada, said there where either Thursday or Fri- cations, the cheapest day to buy to 2012 identified 16 locations Valadkhani offered an annual his research showed motorists was much to love about the day was the cheapest day to fill fuel was Tuesday. Sunday was with significant potential sav- saving of as much as $200 if in rural areas never enjoy the Harbour City but not petrol up, yet that was when demand best in one in five places. ings. In NSW they included filling a family-sized car weekly. discount day. And he found the prices: ‘‘Petrol here is very, peaked, the study’s author, Publicly funded and pub- Sydney, Newcastle and Wollon- ‘‘Motorists can certainly get price impact of long weekends very expensive’’. BILLY JOEL SWAN SONG KIDS DIED SCARED AND ALONE DENYER’S DEPARTURE PIANO man Billy Joel (right) has revealed his TWO-THIRDS of children biennial report to parliament SUNRISE weatherman Grant Denyer upcoming concert in Australia may signal the who died in NSW in 2010 and yesterday into the deaths of 77 (pictured) is expected to announce he is end of his decades-long touring career. 2011 as a result of abuse, neglect children in 2010 and 2011. quitting breakfast TV today. Joel will headline at the inaugural or while in care had a history Twenty-seven died as a The Channel 7 star, who has held the Stonefest in Sydney next month and the with Community Services. result of abuse, another 21 died position on and off for the past 10 years, is 63-year-old says the show ‘‘will be a big NSW Ombudsman Bruce as a result of neglect and 29 believed to be leaving the show due to a test’’ for his playing future. Barbour said the department children died in care. fatigue-related illness that has left him ‘‘I want to see if it’s time for me to get failed to respond despite the ‘‘This report highlights a unable to fulfil the demanding role. off the stage,’’ Joel said. ‘‘There’s a time risk of significant harm. lack of capacity within It’s expected that Weekend Sunrise when an athlete says I can’t swing the bat ‘‘In some cases families had Community Services leading up weatherman James Tobin will fill in any more. So I get to feel it out. This will been the subject of frequent to these deaths to respond to until the network can find a permanent be a big test for me.’’ Joel said he does not reports,’’ he said. children at risk of significant replacement for the popular breakfast ‘‘want to be that guy’’ who keeps touring ‘‘We found that risk was not harm,’’ Mr Barbour said. ‘‘Just TV personality. despite not being able to physically carry adequately assessed, or not over half of the offenders in Seven refused to comment when the performance. assessed at all, because of abuse-related deaths of contacted last night. Read Kathy McCabe’s full interview with Billy Joel in competing priorities.’’ children showed some level of this weekend’s The Sunday Telegraph. Mr Barbour tabled his mental health concern.’’ SYDNEY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 31

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