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News$700k worth of savings tips from the government
$700k worth of savings tips from the government

$700k worth of savings tips from the government

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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Carolyn
Carolyn from NSW commented:

More recognition via discounts, product design, service delivery and more products NOT in styles and sizes obviously designed for teens/twenties. 

Graeme
Graeme from NSW commented:

Better discounts on everything including gas accounts as thats the only one there are no pensioner rates on 

Pauline
Pauline from NSW commented:

fairer deal to support cost of living expenses 

Someone
Someone from NSW commented:

Discounts on health and services 

Mercedes
Mercedes from NSW commented:

Hope for better discounts and products that are Alined for the over fifties. 

William
William from NSW commented:

Fair rates for all our utilities and medical fees, food and petrol, we have paid our tax all these years and would like to be able to at least go to see a show without having to break the bank to do it!!!! 

Stephen
Stephen from NSW commented:

Perhaps up over 50's will start to get some recognition for the effort we have put into this Country. 

Neil
Neil from NSW commented:

I am primarily interested in both ELECTRICITY AND GAS prices/ discounts without any bells and whistles!! 

Denis
Denis from NSW commented:

Reduce insurances 

Stephen
Stephen from NSW commented:

Perhaps up over 50's will start to get some recognition for the effort we have put into this Country. 

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