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$700k worth of savings tips from the government

$700k worth of savings tips from the government

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock lately, you would have noticed all the talk about energy prices. If you have been off the grid (pun intended), there’s no hiding from your energy bill, which will find you eventually. 

And so will the Federal Government’s latest $700,000 ad campaign!

Launched this month, the Powering Forward Campaign reportedly cost tax-payers $300,000 for 60 seconds of airtime during the AFL & NRL Grand Finals, and as much as $700,000 in fees to a Melbourne ad agency.

There's some useful information buried in there, but it's hidden behind propaganda pushing the government's energy policy credentials.

What do you think of the campaign?

Our take? The website contains some useful info for people wanting to save on power bills, for example it links to the Energy Made Easy comparison site and the Victorian Switchon site to compare offers.

It also contains energy efficiency tips for households, which can be handy.

But all that useful stuff is buried behind the silly “powering forward” slogan and some bumph about the Government’s Snowy Hydro 2.0 and gas reservation policies.

They’re important, but we’d like to see the moneysaving info up front and centre!

Here’s something else you can do to save.

A couple of months back, the Fiftyup Club started our Power-Up Campaign,  which now boasts a staggering 50,000 registrations nationally That tells us that you do want to do something about energy prices even if it’s just to send a message to power companies that enough is enough.

While Australia may rank second in the world for quality-of-life, we rate first in the world for the highest energy prices. Data from the Carbon + Energy Markets' MarkIntell service says we’re ahead of Germany, Denmark and Italy with 4 Australian states in the top ten (click here to see the list).

This despite Australia having every energy resource available in the world including coal, wind, solar, nuclear and sea-water hydro power.

What can you do? It’s as easy as picking up the phone, calling your energy retailer and asking for a better deal. Don’t take no for an answer. The energy market has never been so competitive and you can get results, with many members reporting savings in the hundreds of dollars.

Click here to see the latest Fiftyup Club energy offers, extended for a limited time only


 

 

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Con
Con from VIC commented:

I would like to see the club obtain from businesses, local Government and Councils a certain recognition, and consideration and not been forgotten but heard. Besides the great discounts, I would like to see the fiftyupclub club make noise to the local Government and Councils regarding care and services for our seniors, to be noticed ,heard and respected and not rejected. 

Someone
Someone from QLD commented:

Genuine and worthwhile discounts across the board. 

Mary C
Mary C from VIC commented:

Better Services, Lower Prices, Consideration that I have something to offer as a senior. 

Debbie
Debbie from QLD commented:

Obtain strong discounts in insurance arena including health insurance. 

John
John from VIC commented:

Affordable medical,rates ,insurances ,groceries and petrol which are way to high for the elderly . 

fr
fr from QLD commented:

fight the government to have less.. exy ..power water ..rates ..and insurance for people on pension 

Someone
Someone from NSW commented:

Tried to join after ACA last night, but the site was down. Probably bombarded. Now registered and came looking for the "offers". The only one I have found was the Coles Insurance. Then found Les' comment below. Lets hope FiftyUp does take off. . 

Les
Les from NSW commented:

I just noticed from an ad on the radio that FiftyUp aka One Big Switch receives a commission for every policy sold. Mmmmm starting to prove my scepticism but I hope not. Its an excellent Idea Mr FiftyUp but please lets not con the people into believing they are getting some special deal, just let is see some real action 

David - FiftyUp Club
David - FiftyUp Club from NSW replied to Les:

Hi Les, yes we do earn a commission for every policy switched, this is how we fund our campaigns and are able to pursue future deals. Without any revenue the FiftyUp Club would not be able to have ever been started nor continue to run. 

errol
errol from QLD commented:

less financial stress 

Les
Les from NSW commented:

Call me a sceptic if you want but since I joined very early in the piece, just a couple of days after it was launched in fact, I've not seen any real attempt to show us what this club is going to do. Now this morning just reading back some pages and posts, FiftyUp need to listen to their members, I mean really listen to what they are saying. Cheaper prices FiftyUp, not some bogy deal with Coles Insurance. FiftyUp, I don't want top pay an excessive price to Coles for insurance, I don't want to buy my petrol from Coles, I don't want to get my medicine and glasses from them as is proposed. I want food items and cheap. Get Coles to give us a discount card, a FiftyUp special card so at checkout time we get real value from the club where ever we shop. We need discounts across the board on every day items Mr FiftyUp and fast, show some real strength, you have the numbers now, so show all of us just how well you can perform your job of representing those that qualify to become a member 

Angela
Angela from QLD commented:

Just a comment about insurance. I opened ny mail yesterday to find my home and contents insurance would not be renewed by Youi for next year. This is based on my postal code and the fact that in January of 2013 there was flooding and a tornado that crossed the coast in my area. So much for the TV ads that originally encouraged me to go with Youi to save a couple of hundred dollars on my policy. Not a happy consumer!!!! 

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