A report released this week by the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) delivers good news for households in most states and supports our view at the Fiftyup Club that comparing/switching can save you hundreds of dollars a year on your energy costs. Energy customers pay different prices depending on where they live, how much network infrastructure is required to supply energy to them, how much ... read more>

If you'd like to win a double pass to Andre Rieu: Christmas With Andre showing in 125 cinemas across Australia on the weekend of November 26/27, please email your name, addess and phone number to kayley@fiftyupclub.com.au. To check if there's a cinema near you click here: www.andreincinemas.com This competition will close at midnight on November 20th, 2016 To listen to the interview with ... read more>

Santa is 5 weeks off sliding down the chimney so it might be time to start thinking about the shopping. To say my children have had the best year ever is an understatement. I’ve forked out plenty of money on them so it will be a lean Christmas at my house. I’m not feeling guilty at all as they will still pick up plenty of things at their father’s house from his family. At my place it will... read more>

War Child is a true story that spans 100 years, a tale of Nazi Germany, the lingering effects of war, the 1950s Australian migration experience and a modern-day search. Magdalena (‘Leni’) is an illegitimate child born in pre-World War II Germany in a small town steeped in superstition. Spurned by her Catholic grandfather, Leni and her mother live in poverty in a country sliding towards war. ... read more>

The nation’s health funds lodged their premium increase proposals last week to the Federal Government. Timely then that a survey by Roy Morgan out this week confirms satisfaction with private health insurers has declined to 2013 levels. Results show more than 10 per cent of Australians plan to leave their funds in the next 12 months and are shopping around. Lucy Cormack writing in the Age th... read more>