What exactly is happening with the carbon tax on July 1?  The short answer is nothing. But if the government’s plan comes off, it will be repealed by July 18 and none of us will pay any carbon tax on our electricity bills from July onwards. Nothing will happen on July 1 because the new Senate doesn’t sit until July […]

My television has been broken for about three months now, or so I thought.  Every time I switched it on, nothing… no signal, no channels. My colleagues here at the FiftyUp Club have heard my constant whinging about it. It wasn’t until the roll-out of digital-only TV came up that someone jokingly pointed out that might be what’s wrong with […]

There are more mobile phones than people in Australia, according to the latest research from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). In fact, there are approximately four phones to every three people. That’s a lot of phones. While Telstra and Optus largely dominate the market, interestingly there are more than 200 licensed carriers and service providers. So, this should […]

Not too many losers in Mike Baird’s first budget as Premier, which is not so surprising, knowing he faces an election in nine months. Pleasingly, any references or imposts to older Australians were conspicuously absent from the document. But does that mean FiftyUps in NSW came through the budget scot-free? No, according to our latest Member Poll. We asked the […]

Australia’s FiftyUps have done it again. You got behind us last week when we launched a petition on power prices in the Sunshine State. I reported to you private health insurance would be next. I am delighted to announce that with your numbers and support we’ve delivered the goods once again. At the moment this offer is for Queensland members, but we […]