Here at the FiftyUp Club we are excited to welcome our new Chairman John Mangos. With over fifty years experience as a consumer and over thirty years working in the media, John will campaign on your behalf to help consumers 50 and over get the offers they deserve. “You only come across a great idea every once in a blue moon, that’s why I’ve […]

When Asmar, 72, got to the end of her discounted two-year electricity contract, her provider automatically moved her off a 12% discount onto a plan with a 7% discount and informed her she was now subject to a new two-year contract. Sadly, it’s a common practice. Electricity retailers often revert customers to an inferior discount once their contract expires, and […]

More than 3000 members of the FiftyUp Club have already answered our 2-minute Health Insurance Survey in less than 24 hours, to help us unearth some sorely-needed Facts about premium increases for the over-50s. It’s a fantastic response and it means we will soon have enough data to scrutinise the real cost of premium increases for FiftyUps. The concept is […]

As of Wednesday 12th March, the way your credit history is recorded has changed. Here’s how, in a nutshell: 1. You will have a mark against your credit history if you pay a loan or credit card bill more than 5 days after the due date. What’s more, if you’ve paid one of those bills 5 days late anytime since […]

It’s that time of year again, when Health Insurance premiums usually rise by hundreds of dollars for the average family. Last year, Health Minister Peter Dutton signed off on an average annual increase of 6.2% in private health insurance premiums, with Insurer NIB reported to be the highest of the 34 insurers with an average of 8%. “We desperately need discounted medical [insurance],” […]