While travelling in the US a few years back, I picked up a copy of a foreigner's guide to Australia. I was looking forward to reading about all the great things about my country. The first line deflated my balloon. “Australians are lovely, warm people….until they get behind the wheel of a car.” What makes normally easy-going, friendly people suddenly lose it on the road? ... read more>

Almost nine out of ten borrowers with variable rate mortgages have been hit with an interest rate rise in the past two years, despite the Reserve Bank of Australia not lifting its official cash rate, Mozo revealed this week. “Banks have been booking billions of dollars of profits from out-of-cycle rate rises,” news.com.au reported. Mozo says rates have risen on a massive 87% of all variab... read more>

I’ve recently considered updating my elderly mother’s car insurance as she is driving a lot less these days and only in our local area, which my children think is safest for all road users! We began to have concerns about mum’s driving around 2 years ago. We often rely on Grandma to pick up the kids while we’re at work and the feedback from them was starting to indicate some issues….my daugh... read more>

Ah… holidays. What Australian doesn’t love them? We might be positioned at the far end of the world but Aussies just love to jet set and get amongst it. After all, it’s in our nature to seek adventure and a good time. Think about it?  When have your ever gone on an overseas sojourn and not bumped into a fellow expat on some secluded beach or out of the way bazaar?  In fact, the furt... read more>

Christopher Zinn and the FiftyUp Club team visited Adelaide this morning. Surprisingly, South Australians pay 47.13¢ per kilowatt hour, the highest electricity prices than anywhere else in the world!  That is why the Power Up & Save campaign aims to fight back by getting 30,000 people to join together in a bid to use their combined buying power to unlock big discounts on electricity and ... read more>