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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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Ross
Ross from NSW commented:

Just want a better deal! 

Cess
Cess from NSW commented:

Paying taxes 30-40 thousand dollars every year it would be nice if half goes to our super instead of the govt wasting it sadly the govt still wants more tax off us at end of every financial year 

tadija
tadija from NSW commented:

GIVE ALL OVER 50S A CHANCE TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE INTEAD OF STRESSING OVER BILLS AND UNNECESARY RISES OF THINGS PEOPLE NEED TO LIVE ON 

Valerie
Valerie from NSW commented:

Any help for carers at all. With major illness and major disabilities, expenses blow out and leave us with nothing to survive on at all. Old age pensions get access to some help, genuine disability pensions get no pensioner discounts at all.... No rest, no respite, no help and no way to keep afloat. Despite working 3 jobs my entire life, there is no support for my category at all. 

Valerie
Valerie from NSW commented:

Help with housing to avoid dire poverty. 

Alexander
Alexander from NSW commented:

Alex from NSW 

Glenda
Glenda from NSW commented:

I would like to get information on super funds that definitely don't charge commission or ongoing fees for our hard earned savings. I have experienced too many cases of so called "fund managers" who get paid from our super savings, and have been told that this is because they too need to be paid for their hard work! So our super goes up two rungs of the ladder, BUT falls down THREE steps of the ladder. Can anybody help?? 

Eddie
Eddie from NSW commented:

Discounted fees and charges for essential services like home electricity, water, insurance etc.as well as public transport. 

gerard
gerard from NSW commented:

Would love to be able to buy a new car without the sales(person)man baffling me with numerous calculations which always make the car more expensive. Tired of the B S. Tired of being treated like an idiot - usually by sales people twenty or thirty years my junior. Gerard. 

Ian
Ian from NSW commented:

I should like to see discounts offered for products in preference to rewards points, as it always seems that the goalposts are always shifting with points systems 

gerard
gerard from NSW replied to Ian:

The joke about rewards points is that they always cost more than they deliver. For example a credit card with no rewards usually has no annual fee, whereas a credit card with rewards may charge from $60 - $200 annual fee. the rewards aren't worth an ounce of chook manure. 

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