How compareus.com.au researches, verifies, and updates content

How plans and rates are researched and verified

• We review retailer plan pages, Basic Plan Information Documents, pricing factsheets, and regulatory reference prices before publishing updates.
• We compare retailer claims against official market sources such as the AER, Essential Services Commission, IPART, state concession pages, and network tariff publications where relevant.
• Calculator assumptions are checked against current tariff structures, usage units, and disclosure wording so that the output reflects how a household bill is actually assembled.

How often data is updated

• Core comparison pages and calculators are reviewed on a scheduled monthly cadence.
• Plan pages are refreshed sooner when retailers, regulators, or distributors publish pricing changes, rebates, concession changes, or speed tier updates.
• Guide pages are reviewed whenever a material market update affects the advice, examples, or savings assumptions on the page.

Editorial independence

Editorial decisions are made to help readers understand costs, contract terms, and switching trade-offs. Commercial partnerships do not change the plan details, rankings, or assumptions we display in editorial content and calculator logic.

Conflict of interest and advertiser disclosure

compareus.com.au may earn a commission when a user switches through a partner link. That commercial arrangement does not affect our editorial independence. We disclose this relationship on relevant pages and aim to explain where a link may be commercial.

When a page includes affiliate or partner links, the page should still explain key exclusions, rate conditions, eligibility rules, and switching constraints clearly.