If you’ve ever decided to ditch your bank, insurer or utility to take up tempting offers, and save serious money with a competitor, but never quite made it don’t worry you are NOT alone.
Fascinating research out this week reveals some of the home truths about how much money, almost $12 billion, we could all save by switching to cheaper service providers.
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A survey into cost of living pressures for older Australians provides the Treasurer and Prime Minister with all the answers they need on tax reform.
Nick Rakis, 57, from Sylvania is just one of 20,000 over 50s who have joined a campaign to highlight the cost of living pressures, including the tax system, older Australians face as they retire. Like many older Australians he is ope...
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What the Budget means for FiftyUps
Everyone else is giving their verdict on the Budget today, so it’s important us older Australians get a word in edgeways – especially since issues around retirement planning have been, and will remain, a key battleground.
We’ve created a succinct survey on Joe Hockey’s plans for you to rate their fairness, impact, ability to chang...
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The 109,000-member FiftyUp Club has today backed Nationals Senator John Williams’ call for a Royal Commission into the financial planning industry. As a leading voice for older Australians, the FiftyUp Club believes the latest revelations that 750 NAB customers have received compensation over the past five years for inappropriate advice has shattered public trust in the industry. These revelations follow […]
read more>Congratulations, members. You did it! There are front-page reports today (pictured) confirming what many suspected – that the Federal Government has heeded the concerns of the FiftyUp Club and other groups and shelved its plans for GP co-payments.[1] CLICK HERE to send a Thankyou email to Health Minister Peter Dutton As you’ll recall, FiftyUp Club Chairman John Mangos met with […]
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