In some rare good news for those getting on in life a new report into financial resilience suggests this important quality improves with age and highlights the role of experience. The Financial Resilience in Australia report, from the NAB bank and the Centre for Social Impact, measures the concept which goes beyond financial literacy to measure our abilities to bounce back from adverse event... read more>

Hip Pocket News – Thursday 29 September 2016   ELECTRICITY $2.5 billion Victorian power tax to fund wind and solar farms Publication: The Weekly Times Now One-sentence summary: THE Victorian Government is set to impose a $2.5 billion tax on all Victorian power bills to fund new wind and solar farms.   Apartment buyers charged for electricity meters after ActewAGL price incr... read more>

It might have been cool to have a Nissan Skyline or Mazda mx3 when you were single but as you get older, chances are you're looking for something different in a new car. Joel Helmes is the Editor of Behind The Wheel and he has shared his Top 3 Cars for Fiftyups! Joel has gone for a micro car, small car and a mid-size car… Mitsubishi Mirage The Mirage is about as basic as cars come in 2... read more>

A major survey of over 15,000 Australians aged over 50 has found that 53% of them have paid in excess of $1,000 in gap payments, despite having health insurance. Even more alarming, the survey found that 33% had paid over $2,000 in gap payments. The survey is a part of the Great Aussie Health Check campaign, a campaign to help over-50s take back control over their health insurance and to ... read more>

  Hip Pocket News – Monday 26 September 2016   ELECTRICITY Hazelwood shutdown: Victoria's dirtiest power station set to close early next year Publication: The Age  One-sentence summary: Victoria's dirtiest power station will shut down permanently as early as next April, in a blow to the Latrobe Valley that could cost up to 1000 jobs.    City of Sydney request to change e... read more>