Don't be an April Fool: there's no rush to fill up your tank
with Guest Columnist Christopher Zinn
You might have heard this yarn so often you believe it. You might have even filled up precipitously this week. But it’s official – petrol prices do NOT go up because of holidays or long weekends.
It’s become part of Aussie folklore, and many of us...
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News
It's election time, and a central plank to Premier Mike Baird's campaign is the proposed selling off - or partial leasing, to be precise - of the electricity grid's “poles and wires”.
It's not for us here at the FiftyUp Club to tell you which way to think on the issue, but we would like to help you make an informed decision. So here's our list of pro...
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read more>Good news today – especially for regional members and grey nomads – as the consumer watchdog gets new powers to monitor petrol prices and hunt for price gouging. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will now issue quarterly reports on petrol prices, and conduct in-depth investigations into problem areas. Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs Bruce Billson told […]
read more>And the Winner is Norway, according to the 2014 Global AgeWatch Index, which ranks the quality of life for the elderly. Norway tops the list of 96 countries with Australia ranking 13th overall, behind Canada, Japan, the US, New Zealand and other western European nations. The report highlights that while pension coverage has increased across the globe, overall social and […]
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