I will begin with a question which may not seem at all odd to many of you FiftyUps. What do volunteer insurance, travel insurance and income protection insurance all have in common? According to Susan Ryan, the Age Discrimination Commissioner, they are all “problematic” for those of us over the age of 50. Here is what she had to say: […]

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 But if the government’s plan comes off, it will be repealed by July 18 and none of us will pay any carbon tax on our electricity bills from July onwards.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 […]