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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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Someone
Someone from NSW commented:

better deals for those of us that need them 

Suzanne
Suzanne from NSW commented:

Cheaper insurances Cheaper anything 

Jacquie
Jacquie from NSW commented:

Discount on goods and services where possible...seniors can travel in downtimes to help fill flights and hotel roons and cruise ships... 

Margaret
Margaret from NSW commented:

Recognition of our loyalty and good claims history 

Pamela
Pamela from ACT commented:

Cheaper private health cover 

Rhonda
Rhonda from NSW commented:

Reduced medical costs, seniors discount card for those on a pension that are over 50 

Craig
Craig from NSW commented:

Stop the over 50's being invisible to young people and the State and Federal Government. 

Margaret
Margaret from NSW commented:

Better deals for those of us that badly need them. 

Nives
Nives from NSW commented:

Easier living on age pensions with beaut discounts with your help 

gary
gary from SA commented:

the fact that at my age i have lost a good amount of money in the GFC and the fact that the last 2 super funds had a loss that i was in. i now run my own fund and hopefully have enough funds to retire on later.the government top up was dropped back to $25000 from $50000 and they want me to be a self funded retiree.Joke government. 

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