The national average price rise may be about $200, as we reported last week, but some of us will get much bigger Premium Increases to our Health Insurance on April 1. Even though the increase was on average 4.84%, it varied between 2.98% and 8.53%. Your precise price rise will depend on which health fund and policy you hold, but we’ve outlined the full list of funds and their fund-wide av... read more>

Last Sunday was the official end of Chinese New Year Celebrations for 2017. I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Elizabeth Chong on the show this week and it was delightful to hear her story and that of her father William – who can be credited with introducing Aussies to the Dim Sim, now a staple at every Chinese restaurant and fish and chip shop in the country! In the 1930’s Willi... read more>

With heatwave conditions across the Eastern seaboard recently, energy prices again became the water-cooler topic-of-the-week. But according to our current Fair Go survey, 1 in 3 over-50s are not receiving energy discounts despite more than half of us rating energy bills as our most stressful household bill. Only 2 in 5 of us get over 10% discount, even though these discounts are easy to f... read more>

A survey has revealed that 1 in 3 over-50s are not receiving energy discounts despite more than half of them rating energy bills as their most stressful household bill. The survey of 5,000+ was ran as a part of the Fair Go for FiftyUps campaign, which was launched to empower consumers over-50 and to get them the discounts they deserve. When asked what level of discount the FiftyUps were recei... read more>

Health Minister Greg Hunt has approved federal government plans to increase health premiums by 4.84 per cent, that will add an average $200 a year to the cost of family cover.  The latest increase comes as private health coverage is going backwards for the first time in 15 years, with 1 in 5 policyholders reportedly considering dropping or downgrading their cover. The price rise will depend ... read more>