At the FiftyUp Club, we encourage members to reach out to us and to each other when we’re faced with the same issues. I received the following email from member Helen (pictured):  "Hi Kayley, "I had no savings for over 6yrs then sold my house and moved into a retirement unit so I could have some funds as I was sick of having nothing.  "Turns out this was not a wise move! It  freed ... read more>

Finally, the pollies in Canberra are listening to what our members and other Australians have been saying for a decade: power bills are far too high.  PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced this week an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) review of retail electricity prices because the markets don’t appear to be operating as effectively as they could be. The Prime M... read more>

Like many of you, I was annoyed when I received the letter from my health fund about the latest round of Private Health Insurance premium increases.  As host of the Daily Drive show on Talking Lifestyle, I’ve conducted many interviews in the past month with key stakeholders about why these increases continue year-after-year. But they still get your goat. My mum’s increase with Australian ... read more>

Maureen Roberts has many career highlights to share from her 32 years as Australia’s longest serving air ambulance nurse. In a recent interview on Macquarie Media, Maureen told the story of the pilot of her aircraft passing out at the controls and how she calmly popped his oxygen mask on and brought him around enough to land the plane. And you thought your job had challenges! Maureen bega... read more>

I was listening to an interview with the Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison recently and he was talking about managing the economy, the billions it costs in health, infrastructure, defence, education and so on. I don’t envy him the job of trying to make that budget work. But then he said something profoundly simple. If you’re spending more than you’re earning, it’s not good.  That applies to y... read more>