Older Australians overwhelmingly support the Treasurer's plans to allow retirees to downsize to smaller homes without being penalised, a poll of FiftyUp Club members shows. Scott Morrison has been open to community opinion on tax reform and has been canvassing a range of reforms. The FiftyUp Club poll of 2,600 members has found 90% think retirees should have the option to sell ... read more>

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST ACT NOW TO HELP OLDER AUSTRALIANS INTO WORK The FiftyUp Club is calling on the Federal Government to act now and make more changes to a government program failing to increase employment prospects for older Australians who want to join the workforce. The Restart Wage Subsidy was introduced in August 2014 to provide employers with a $10,000 incentive to hire and reta... read more>

On Wednesday 28th October 2015, a small group of FiftyUp Club members and guests including FiftyUp Club spokesperson Christopher Zinn and 2GB Producer Janette Lakiss joined hundreds of others at a fundraising event in honour of Channel 7 and 2CH Radio personality Glenn Wheeler.   Glenn Wheeler was injured in a scooter accident at the beginning of the year. He suffered serious leg and... read more>

It’s hard to miss what’s called the sharing economy. New business such as  ‘ride sharing’ services like Uber which are upsetting traditional taxis as well as the ‘peer-to-peer lenders’ promising to disrupt banks. Well-known brand names  such as Airbnb and eBay are involved in this movement but ordinary consumers, especially over fifties, need not... read more>

Dear Malcolm, As a sixty year-old who is now our prime minister may I congratulate you, at least on behalf of some of our 130,000 members, on your sudden elevation and commend the benefits of joining the FiftyUp Club. The snap poll alongside this letter on the website may give you some idea as to your current popularity amongst the members who have previously told they are predominantly c... read more>