This week the ‘boiler-room’ and commission-hungry sales tactics of dodgy insurance salesmen were back in the news, with scams beginning with a knock on the door.  Only last week Origin Energy was fined a record $2 million  for illegal sales tricks,  including multiple breaches of the very laws designed to protect us from dodgy doorknockers. The Federal Court... read more>

Don't be an April Fool: there's no rush to fill up your tank with Guest Columnist Christopher Zinn You might have heard this yarn so often you believe it. You might have even filled up precipitously this week. But it’s official – petrol prices do NOT go up because of holidays or long weekends.  It’s become part of Aussie folklore, and many of us... read more>

It's election time, and a central plank to Premier Mike Baird's campaign is the proposed selling off - or partial leasing, to be precise - of the electricity grid's “poles and wires”.   It's not for us here at the FiftyUp Club to tell you which way to think on the issue, but we would like to help you make an informed decision. So here's our list of pro... read more>

If you blinked last Friday afternoon, you’d have missed it. The Federal Government agreed to put up your private health insurance by an average 6.18%, to take effect from April 1. But don’t be fooled. Most of us FiftyUps will be paying more than the average. We conducted a study around this time last year which found we are paying about one-and-a-half times the average... read more>

The 109,000-member FiftyUp Club has today backed Nationals Senator John Williams’ call for a Royal Commission into the financial planning industry. As a leading voice for older Australians, the FiftyUp Club believes the latest revelations that 750 NAB customers have received compensation over the past five years for inappropriate advice has shattered public trust in the industry. These revelations follow […]

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