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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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Dennis
Dennis from NSW commented:

Some cost savings as previously noted 

David
David from NSW commented:

Have Corporations & Companies stop treating the elderly as invisable & uninportant. They do not appreciate loyalty of the elderly they give very little discounts to loyal customers. You have to continuely change insurance company's to get better deals, even if you have three policy's & have been with them for 20 or more years. 

Merve
Merve from NSW commented:

Better catering for over 50s who wish to travel alone. 

deb
deb from QLD commented:

Help change it from working to live. 

BARBARA
BARBARA from NSW commented:

Discounts on every day exspenses. 

Someone
Someone from NSW commented:

a fairer pricing for commodities being used in the home. 

Stephen
Stephen from NSW commented:

Help to reduce the overall cost of living to make retirement and current standard of living affordable. 

Irene
Irene from NSW commented:

Discounts on living expenses and also on recreation and dining out 

ARCHIE
ARCHIE from NSW commented:

firstly you need to recognise that singledom is a big factor in being over 50. You also need to recognise that people are still in need of socialisation and fraternity with the opposite sex, proberbly the biggest need, and one you wont see mentioned because of your poorly designed survey, is affordable holidays for senior singles. 

Lorraine
Lorraine from NSW commented:

A decent private health plan to suit people our age (that dosnt include maternity!) and discounts instead of increases after being members for over 40 years! 

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