Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton, here I come. I am looking forward to our meeting next week, where I hope to be the voice for more than 90,000 FiftyUp Club members on health care costs. Something tells me it will be a very productive meeting. I will bring with me the results of a survey, which more than 11,000 FiftyUps have answered […]

Australia’s FiftyUps have done it again. You got behind us last week when we launched a petition on power prices in the Sunshine State. I reported to you private health insurance would be next. I am delighted to announce that with your numbers and support we’ve delivered the goods once again. At the moment this offer is for Queensland members, but we […]

More than 13,000 of you signed our petition calling for greater transparency in private health insurance. You overwhelmed us with 10,000 signatures in the first 3 days. At the FiftyUp Club we heard your voice and felt your passion. And as promised, we took your loud and powerful voice to the Health Minister, Peter Dutton. The Ministers’ office responded to […]

Treasurer Joe Hockey has upped the ante on his pre-Budget rhetoric again today, announcing an “unprecedented” target for cutting spending growth and suggesting the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme could be curtailed along with the age pension and Medicare in the May 13 Budget. Now it’s over to you. We want to know how rumoured changes in the Budget will affect you, so that […]

My fellow members, I trust you had a lovely Easter surrounded by loved ones. And for those of you a little lonely during these times remember we at FiftyUp are always here for you. My message to you this week is that I am about to practise what I preach! Somebody scraped the side of my car last week while […]