Dear Fellow Members, I write to you this week with a call to action. We have a golden opportunity, which we should share, and not neglect with inaction. Federal Health Minister Peter Dutton has agreed to meet with me in the first week of August when he returns from Glasgow. This is my chance to be your voice ‘one-on-one’ with the man […]
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When it comes to switching electricity there’s a lot of rubbish out there. We’ve separated fact from fiction to make sure you don’t fall victim to these common myths about switching electricity.
MYTH #1: It’s not worth it
FACT: Some households can save hundreds of dollars a year by switching to a more competitive offer.
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So, that’s the easy part out of the way. After weeks of flip-flopping by our newest Senators, 60 hours of debate, a few amendments and a lot of confusion, the carbon tax has finally been repealed. And the nation now finds itself plunged into a fresh round of confusion over what it will all mean for the average household. The […]
read more>It wasn’t that long ago when you used your signature on a daily basis. From bank cheques, letters, traveller cheques and credit cards, only when you signed the dotted line your approval was granted. Times are changing. From 1st August, you’ll need a PIN for most credit card and debit card transactions in Australia. The signature as a form of […]
read more>If you didn’t know any better, you’d assume from the blanket coverage of interest rate movements that everybody in the country has a mortgage and we’re all desperate for rates to go down, down, down. But the reality is that about one-third of Australians – many of them FiftyUps – have paid off their mortgage. If that’s you, you may […]
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