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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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Annette
Annette from NSW commented:

Every little discount helps 

Beverley
Beverley from NSW commented:

Just a little everyday help, some discounts, more disabled spots in Shopping centres. and for big supermarkets to give a little, instead of these buy two products for discounts. 

peter
peter from NSW commented:

get the gov to look after the workers why when we have full car insurance do we need a CTP green slip 

Peter
Peter from NSW commented:

A better deal all round 

Ingrid
Ingrid from NSW commented:

Information on living good and healthy life, recommend discounts, offer advice to stress free retirement. Advice on the stock exchange is it worth investing in small amounts as affordable. Reduce petrol prices, energy costs and overall discounts for retirees who have paid taxes for 30-40 years 

Cicelia
Cicelia from NSW commented:

Bring down the cost of living to make the aged pensioners' lives easier as we worked all our life and paid our dues. Lia from Sydney 

Nancy
Nancy from NSW commented:

Better deals for self funded retirees who have worked hard to be self sufficient and not burden the government. 

Frank
Frank from NSW commented:

Petrol, power, insurance costs to decrease. My wife still works at Sara Lee and my pension is lowered in accordance with her fortnightly gross oncome. I've paid taxes all my working life. FiftyUp Club may bear pressure on CentreLink to increase pensions for genuine retired Aussie workers. Here's hoping you can help. 

Terence (Terry)
Terence (Terry) from NSW commented:

To halve the cost of utilities for pensioners with no other income (electricity, gas, water etc) as they do for car rego, council rates etc. That would be a Godsend for all of us? 

Evelyn
Evelyn from VIC commented:

I am hoping that it will help with all the everyday bills etc that we have to pay. Cheaper insurance, electricity, gas and other household items that we have to buy. 

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