New research out this week confirms the results of our FiftyUp Club survey that a “worryingly high number” of households believe there are no alternatives to their current energy provider and that even if there was, switching is too hard. John Rolfe from News Corp reports the lack of innovation and disregard from current electricity companies for customer needs, has created an op... read more>

The cost of energy continues to affect our members with many of you converting to solar panels when the generous feed-in tariffs were introduced. The tariffs were introduced for a set period to kickstart Australia’s uptake of rooftop solar by offering money to solar users who fed energy back into the grid. A report on the ABC has found more than 275,000 households will be affected w... read more>

      JULY PRICE RISES MAKE ENERGY THE #1 COST OF LIVING ISSUE FOR OVER-50S A national survey of over 1,800 over-50s has found that 42% of them consider the price of energy bills to be the number one cost-of-living issue they face. The poll represents a big turnaround from two months ago, when more than half named Private Health Insurance as their #1 concern. The surveys... read more>

UPDATED 30 JUNE: Australian electricity prices are already some of the world’s highest. But after doubling in less than a decade, they’re now headed skywards again. So here at the FiftyUp Club, we've got our energy expert keeping an eye on what electricity companies are doing to their prices on July 1. Unfortunately, only a couple of the biggest retailers have so fa... read more>

    UPDATED 30 JUNE: Australian electricity prices are already some of the world’s highest. But after doubling in less than a decade, they’re now headed skywards again. So here at the FiftyUp Club, we've got our energy expert keeping an eye on what electricity companies are doing to their prices on July 1. Unfortunately, only a couple of the biggest retaile... read more>