More than 10,000 Australian over-50s have joined the MA50+ campaign in less than 24 hours since it began. That’s half way to the target they hoped to reach within 4 weeks and is about 7 over-50s joining every minute since the campaign kicked off on Monday morning. The MA50+ campaign aims to use the combined buying power of 20,000 consumers aged over 50 to negotiate exclusively disco... read more>

Australia’s biggest consumer club for the over-50s is today launching a campaign to source exclusive insurance offers for the industry’s best customers - mature Australians. The MA50+ campaign aims to use the combined buying power of 20,000 consumers aged over 50 to negotiate discounted home & contents and car insurance offers. Independent actuarial analysis by Finity Cons... read more>

By their very nature most insurance products are discriminatory. If you are a higher risk you tend to pay more which may be fair enough,  but does it work the other way around? One of the largest insurers, Suncorp told an inquiry into the issue: ‘….It is critical for the insurance industry to be able to lawfully discriminate during the underwriting process It’s oft... read more>

It was clearly labelled “ Aussie Beer” complete with a map of Australia and green and gold colours… yet it was brewed in China. Or the ‘just caught prawn meat’, again with an Aussie map and flag, which while caught locally was actually processed and packaged in Thailand. Such are the half-truths, and sometimes outright deceptions, which have copped fines rec... read more>

Driving both up and down the NSW coast these holidays, the news reports on how world oil prices were plummeting were somewhat contradicted by the petrol prices on offer.   The Saudis are flooding the market with cheap oil said the media but precious little of it seemed to be flowing to the Pacific Highway where many prices persisted around $1.29. Interestingly the best buys I foun... read more>