QUEENSLAND – THE CAPITAL OF ENERGY BILL DISCONTENT FOR OVER-50s
Queensland is represented in 10 out of the top 10 registration postcodes for the ‘Fair Go for FiftyUps’ campaign; a campaign to unleash the huge buying power of over-50s.
Since launching the campaign nearly 2 weeks ago, the FiftyUp Club has seen a huge wave of support with nearly 8,000 over-50s joining, of which 43% are from the sunshine state.
The top postcodes for registration were 4551 (Caloundra), 4211 (Pacific Pines) and 4216 (Coombabah). The highest postcode outside of QLD was 2250 (Gosford) and came in at #23. (See table)
FiftyUp Club aims to reach a total membership of 250,000 in a bid to boost retail competition and use the group’s buying power to get discounts on Energy, Telco & Insurance.
So many registered in QLD comes as little surprise considering findings yesterday by the Energy Consumers Australia that QLD has a 34% satisfaction rating of energy competition.
The FityUp Club surveyed registrants and found energy bills to be far and away of most concern to QLD with more than half of registrants stating so. The most concerning bills are;
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Energy (55%) was number one, shortly followed by
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Home Insurance (17%), and
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Car insurance (10%)
Energy competition is limited in QLD. If the campaign succeeds, the FiftyUp Club aim to inject some increased competition by introducing new offers to those who can switch.
FiftyUp Club campaign Director; Christopher Zinn today commented on the findings;
“Energy competition in Queensland certainly needs a shake up. The fact FiftyUps are more loyal to their providers does not mean they should be taken advantage of.
“The Fair Go for Fiftyups campaign hopes to address this and give this key group more cost savings and control over their energy bills.
"If we can reach 250,000 members nationally, that should give us the power to unlock brand new offers on energy, of which our members can use to switch, shop around or demand a better offer from their own provider.”
Christopher Zinn and David Liston will be in Caloundra on Friday 17th of March and will be available for interviews between 7am and 9am from the Metropolitan Caloundra Surf Lifesaving Club along with local members of the FiftyUp Club.
Joining the FiftyUp Club is entirely cost and obligation free. Anyone can join at www.FiftyUpClub.com.au and the Fair Go for FiftyUps campaign before the 6th of March.
