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 […]

The FiftyUp Club is today meeting with Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton to ask for relief for the over-50s on health insurance premiums and GP co-payments. On behalf of its 91,652 members, the FiftyUp Club will today ask the Minister: 1.    To reduce the impact of co-payments on Australians aged over 50, particularly pensioners, and 2.    To improve price transparency in private […]

Call it a rite of passage or a coming of age, but the FiftyUp Club has reached a significant milestone. We sat down with the Federal Health Minister, Peter Dutton, to deliver your message in Canberra this week … and he listened. The Minister warmly welcomed me and my FiftyUp Club Colleague Jess Lindell into his office and he treated […]

Comparing health Insurance policies is not as complicated as it may seem. Many of us fear losing something if we move, but if we’re not prepared to shop around, insurers could be taking advantage of our loyalty. It’s worth taking a few moments to find the cover which suits your needs best, even if you don’t ever use it. The […]

Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton, here I come. I am looking forward to our meeting next week, where I hope to be the voice for more than 90,000 FiftyUp Club members on health care costs. Something tells me it will be a very productive meeting. I will bring with me the results of a survey, which more than 11,000 FiftyUps have answered […]