We had a great response to our story a few weeks back on how to save money online. So we’ve done some more research and come up with this Guide to Online Shopping Tricks, Part 2. (By the way, if you missed it, you can still read Part 1 here.) 1. Promo Codes and Discounts The Internet is your friend […]

The FiftyUp Club is today calling on both the Government and the Senate crossbenchers to reduce the impact of co-payments for Australians aged over 50, particularly for pensioners. As Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton and Crossbencher Clive Palmer sit down for dinner this evening, the 92,000-member consumer Club suggests they sample the following three specials from our submission to Minister Dutton: Entrée: More […]

Hello Fellow Members, How sad this week of news. We have lost two acting icons of our generation. First the news of Robin Williams, a mere 63, taken by his own hand. Then that of the death of Lauren Bacall at age 89. We grew up with them both, and we loved them. Firstly, Bacall. She was never able to […]

This weekend is the deadline for energy companies to tell the consumer watchdog how much they will drop their prices due to the Carbon Tax repeal. The carbon tax repeal legislation required energy companies to report to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission within 30 days on the Carbon Tax savings they would return to consumers. The 30-day mark arrives […]

If you’re a Telstra employee or a hospitality worker, you might be lucky enough to be in one of the top-performing Super funds of the year 2013/14. As this story in the Fairfax press explains, “Another good year for super funds has helped push account balances to almost double what they were 10 years ago.” The median balanced option returned […]