Australia’s biggest consumer club for the over-50s is today launching a campaign to source exclusive insurance offers for the industry’s best customers - mature Australians. The MA50+ campaign aims to use the combined buying power of 20,000 consumers aged over 50 to negotiate discounted home & contents and car insurance offers. Independent actuarial analysis by Finity Cons... read more>

It was clearly labelled “ Aussie Beer” complete with a map of Australia and green and gold colours… yet it was brewed in China. Or the ‘just caught prawn meat’, again with an Aussie map and flag, which while caught locally was actually processed and packaged in Thailand. Such are the half-truths, and sometimes outright deceptions, which have copped fines rec... read more>

It is a paradox which has the policy makers in a spin. Most older Australians have no intention in dipping into the equity in their own home even if it leads to a more comfortable retirement. Almost ¾ of those aged 65 and over own their residence without a mortgage and, despite being asset rich and income poor, are largely uninterested in using their ‘castle’ to fund their... read more>

With so many days and even weeks assigned to marking worthy causes it’s fair enough to ask why do we need a loyalty tax day? For one there’s more than 11 billion reasons representing the bucks we could all save if we compared the providers of essential services and moved to better deals. Then there’s yet another price of old age creeping on. For each decade older we beco... read more>

I have a confession to make. I have been disloyal. I have betrayed the expectations of those who counted on my custom. In the cold light of day I left them without a pang of conscience I am a serial switcher. It is out at last. I have changed electricity providers at least three times in the last decade. Switched car insurance in the past month. And taken out a home loan from a lender who wa... read more>