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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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Bill
Bill from NSW commented:

Hopefully, club activities will extend to responding to erroneous claims that older drivers are less safe than others. These claims can have an effect on how these drivers are treated and how they may be charged for services (e.g. insurances). I have spent 40 years in driver education/ training and fleet driver risk management. Statistics indicate older drivers have lower crash rates, despite not driving as often as others. 

Lyn
Lyn from NSW commented:

Better deals on utilities, dental, medical, optical & all insurance categories ie health, car, home 

Barbara
Barbara from NSW commented:

Barbara NSW Lower prices on private health insurance 

Noel
Noel from NSW commented:

I hope car insurance could be cheaper as I find you can't be loyal to any one company like you use to as they increase premiums by hundreds of dollars so you have to go shopping for another. 

Brian
Brian from NSW commented:

I hope it brings down the prices on utilities and health insurance. 

Phillip
Phillip from NSW commented:

I hope to be able to generally lower our cost of living 

Maureen
Maureen from NSW commented:

No upfront payment for specialists & doctors, with medicare benefits to cover costs. Dental care should be covered on medicare as well. Discounts on essentials for one item instead of 2 for whatever. 

Elizabeth
Elizabeth from NSW commented:

hoping that fiftyup can help any way to reduce expenses. 

Brian
Brian from NSW commented:

A better Electricity deal and a better deal on Health Insurance 

John
John from NSW commented:

Reduction in gap payments for medical specialists - discounts on dental costs 

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