This weekend is the deadline for energy companies to tell the consumer watchdog how much they will drop their prices due to the Carbon Tax repeal. The carbon tax repeal legislation required energy companies to report to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission within 30 days on the Carbon Tax savings they would return to consumers. The 30-day mark arrives […]

The FiftyUp Club is today meeting with Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton to ask for relief for the over-50s on health insurance premiums and GP co-payments. On behalf of its 91,652 members, the FiftyUp Club will today ask the Minister: 1.    To reduce the impact of co-payments on Australians aged over 50, particularly pensioners, and 2.    To improve price transparency in private […]

Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton, here I come. I am looking forward to our meeting next week, where I hope to be the voice for more than 90,000 FiftyUp Club members on health care costs. Something tells me it will be a very productive meeting. I will bring with me the results of a survey, which more than 11,000 FiftyUps have answered […]

In saving money as in life, sometimes timing is everything. And this week news.com.au has published a fantastic rundown of when is the best time to buy a range of products, from airline tickets to groceries, petrol, cars and clothes. For example, did you know the best days for supermarket specials are Mondays and Thursdays? “Stores often offer specials on […]

Dear Fellow Members, I write to you this week with a call to action. We have a golden opportunity, which we should share, and not neglect with inaction. Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton has agreed to meet with me in the first week of August when he returns from Glasgow. This is my chance to be your voice ‘one-on-one’ with the man […]