It's a brand new year, and like we do every year, we've all made plans to shave a few centimetres off from around the waist, to read more books and this is year we're going skydiving. Definitely this year.  While you're in resolutions mode for 2018, it's a great time to take a look at your phone and internet bills with fresh eyes and see if there are savings to be made. Imagine, if you could... read more>

Sydney and Melbourne sweltered through a couple of very hot days earlier this week with the mercury reaching a staggering 57.6 on the edge of the SCG pitch on the 4th day of the Ashes test.  Despite talk of maintaining a reliable grid, power was lost to homes in Newport, Bilgola Plateau, Bilgola Beach and Lane Cover/Hunters Hill area in NSW. Thousands of homes in Victoria were left withou... read more>

The Christmas tree has been packed away and the last of the ham finally eaten – yes, Christmas has come and gone for another year.  But try telling that to your bank accounts! This is the time of year when Aussies feel the festive financial stress of having to repay our over-stuffed credit card bill.  To help FiftyUps who want to pay down their debt, we asked the gurus at CreditCardCom... read more>

It's not often we get good news about power prices Down Under but there was a glimmer of hope for some states this week. Electricity prices are expected to fall by an average of 6.2% each year for the next two years starting from July, according to the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC). Victorians are expected to experience the biggest fall in prices by 8.2% a year between 20... read more>

Finally, some good news about the NBN.  Following ongoing criticism about the performance of its new internet network, NBN Co has  announced it will change the way it charges service providers for access to the network and make it better value for the providers to sell us faster NBN plans. From now on, NBN providers will be able to offer customers an NBN 50 plan and pay for the price of a... read more>