Hello Fellow FiftyUp Club Members, This week I’d like to talk to you about a business expression known as “churn”. Churn is when a company calculates how many customers it has lost versus how many customers it has gained over a period of time. It is the bane of many a corporate executive in Australia and is currently at an […]

Do your kids or grandchildren live in another state or country? Or perhaps you like to stay in touch while travelling? We’ve pulled together a list of online resources to stay in touch on the cheap and even for FREE. Skype – with Skype you can make FREE calls online. By connecting to the Internet you can use your smartphone, […]

As with any Budget, there is good and bad news for FiftyUps and their hip pockets this week. Here is our summary of the measures that could affect FiftyUps in a NEGATIVE way. To read the other side of the story, click on the link at the bottom of this page. The Bad News Pensions: The age pension will be […]

As with any Budget, there is good and bad news for FiftyUps and their hip pockets this week. Here is our summary of the measures that could affect FiftyUps in a POSITIVE way. To read the other side of the story, click on the link at the bottom of this page. The Good News Sustainable spending: Noone knows the importance […]

Dear Fellow Members, Firstly, let me begin with a big thankyou for your comments, remarks and suggestions following the Federal Budget. You highlighted that no-one knows the importance of balancing a Budget better than a FiftyUp, and that Australia has been living beyond its means for long enough. The question with this Budget was always how to spread the pain […]