As winter approaches, here are 5 easy energy saving tips that will help keep the cost of your energy bill down. Click here to see FiftyUp Club energy discounts. 1. BE PREPARED TO SWITCH: Even if you’ve switched before, sometimes it only takes a year for a good plan to become a bad one. It could be costing you hundreds more - and switching only takes a few minutes. Grab your energy bill an... read more>

April 1. It means different things to different people. For some, they will be on the look-out for April Fool’s Day pranksters. According to FiftyUp Club member Peter from NSW, April 1 will means his cover is increasing by 9.75% and two of the items he is currently covered for will be removed from Basic Hospital Cover on 1 July 2018.   If Peter wants to continue to be covered for those i... read more>

There’s been a very interesting result to our latest Private Health Insurance poll of members. We wanted to test the theory that over-50s pay bigger increases than the average of 3.95% And lo and behold, 70% of respondents say they’re getting a 5% increase or greater! 1 in 12 of you even said your increase was more than 10%! But here’s the thing: only 100 members have so far answere... read more>

If you’re looking for a way to cut your mobile bill, but don’t want to sacrifice your Telstra or Optus coverage, great news: you can have your money-saving cake and eat it too. Both Telstra and Optus sell network access to smaller telcos, called MVNOs. If you decide to switch to an MVNO, you can enjoy more or less the exact same coverage as you’d get on a big-name plan, but usually for a sig... read more>

I’ve been waiting excitedly by my letterbox for notification from my health fund detailing my new premium cost (said no-one ever!) So it was with considerable trepidation that I opened the envelope when it arrived this week. My premium is increasing by 5.45%, considerably more than the 3.95% agreed to by Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. But I’m not on my Pat Malone.   Despite the promise th... read more>