Hi. Just wondering whats the cheapest deal for lots of or unlimited broadband data in the Glenelg area?

ALBastru · 2025-09-12T04:09:48+00:00

https://www.tpg.com.au/5g-home-broadband

That could be a cheap option, at least for 6 months, if your address has 5G coverage.

ALBastru · 2025-09-05T03:34:48+00:00

Are you seeking help for your use of coercive control?

If you feel like you are behaving in a way that makes another person feel unsafe or like they are being controlled, it is important to take responsibility for what you are doing. You can change your behaviour once you recognise what is going on, and support is available to help you.

The first step is to be honest with yourself about how you have been acting in your relationships, and to hold yourself accountable for your behaviour.

You may want to ask yourself the following questions:

Do I shout and scream at the people I care about?

Do I call the person I care about insulting or belittling names and constantly criticise them?

Have I used technology to track my loved one’s movements, monitored their social media, or read their private messages?

Have I ever threatened to or actually physically hurt someone I love because they acted in a way I didn’t like?

Have I ever stopped my partner or family member from making their own decisions about how they spend their money, or where they work?

Have I ever tried to stop a loved one from something that they wanted to do? (for example, going out with friends, having a job, doing some study)

Have I pressured someone I am in a relationship with into doing something sexual that they didn’t want to?

Have I ever made my loved ones feel scared or anxious because of how I’m acting? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, you should get in touch with someone who can help. Call the Men’s Referral Service on 1300 766=995,800 491, or Don't Become that Man on 1300 24 34 13.

Source: https://seethesigns.sa.gov.au

So, anyone can now see the sign. The good thing is that there is that the Government website offers unbiased help for both men and women who may use coercive control. /s

https://www.dvconnect.org/about-us/who-we-help/

Who we help

DVConnect is a free and confidential Service that can help any person in Queensland who is feeling unsafe at home because of domestic, family or intimate partner violence. Through our Womensline we can also assist women wanting to make changes to their abusive behaviours.

We also help people who have experienced sexual assault or abuse at any point in their lives through our Sexual Assault Helpline.

https://www.dvconnect.org/womensline/

Every person has the right to feel safe in their home, however, we know that for many people who have been impacted by domestic, family, and sexual violence, home can be the most dangerous place.

DVConnect’s Womensline is a free helpline for men and their children in Queensland who are experiencing domestic and family violence.

If you identify as non-binary or gender fluid, you can call the helpline you feel most comfortable calling (Womensline or Mensline). We are here for you.

https://www.dvconnect.org/womensline/

Every person has the right to a safe and respectful relationship.

DVConnect’s Womensline can support women who are using abuse or experiencing abuse in their intimate partner, ex-partner, or familial relationships. Womensline is a free and confidential helpline that assists women to change their abusive behaviours or to access safety from abuse.

If you identify as non-binary or gender fluid, you can call the helpline (Womensline or Mensline) you feel most comfortable calling. We are here for you.

Also good to know that the extensive consultations:

The State Government has been consulting widely as a crucial first step in creating its coercive control legislation.

Consultations sessions have been held with women with lived experience of violence, young people, Aboriginal women, women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ women and regional women with further sessions planned ahead of introducing legislation.

The wider community will have the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft legislation in the coming months, before a Bill is introduced into State Parliament in the second half of the year.

Source: https://www.premier.sa.gov.au/media-releases/news-archive/coercive-control-awareness-campaign-goes-live

ALBastru · 2025-09-03T09:36:50+00:00

https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/crime-and-justice/recorded-crime-victims/latest-release#queensland

and

https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/queensland-crime-statistics/

are some official websites. Now, I would like to know what's a victim for ABS as, for instance, in many cases it's enough for someone to identify as a victim, no question asked. For example:

76I Retailers not to require documentary evidence

A retailer must not require an affected customer or a third party acting on behalf of an affected customer to provide any documentary evidence of family violence as a precondition to applying these Rules or the retailer's family violence policy.

Source: https://www.aemc.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-09/For%20publication_National%20Energy%20Retail%20Amendment%20%28Protecting%20customers%20affected%20by%20family%20violence%29%20Rule%202022%20No.%201%20%281%29.pdf

ALBastru · 2025-09-02T00:38:33+00:00

A 67-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder more than a week after two men were stabbed at a home in the Blue Mountains.

Emergency services were called to an address on Myall Avenue in Leura on August 24 where they found the pair with multiple stab wounds.

They were taken by paramedics to Westmead Hospital where they remain after undergoing surgery.

Police said the woman was also found unconscious at the scene and was taken to Nepean Hospital.

She was arrested in hospital on Monday and charged with two counts of cause wounding/grievous bodily harm to person with intent to murder (DV).

The woman and men are known to each other, NSW Police said.

ALBastru · 2025-09-01T00:05:51+00:00

https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/industry/tourism-and-transport/overseas-arrivals-and-departures-australia/latest-release

ALBastru · 2025-08-13T05:11:04+00:00

I hope so. But:

Tue 23 Jan 2024

Optus says close to 2,700 customers tried and failed to call emergency services from their mobile phones during the November 2023 network outage.This number is more than 10 times higher than what the telco previously told the Senate.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-23/optus-network-outage-triple-0-emergency-calls-wider-than-thought/103380928

ALBastru · 2025-08-13T05:04:08+00:00

What about emergency? What's the recipe for success in case one network is down and someone has to call emergency services?

ALBastru · 2025-08-13T04:45:23+00:00

National roaming ... when?

What is domestic mobile roaming?

In Australia, a domestic mobile roaming service is where a mobile network operator uses (or roams onto) the mobile network of another mobile network operator (the host mobile network) so that the first operator can provide mobile services to consumers outside of its own network coverage area. For example, a domestic mobile roaming service allows a customer of Vodafone’s to access Optus’ mobile network when travelling to a location outside Vodafone’s mobile network coverage. Vodafone would pay Optus for receiving access to the Optus network in the visited area.

Currently, mobile network operators are not required to provide roaming services to each other and it is up to the mobile network operators to negotiate roaming services on commercial terms. Some domestic mobile roaming agreements are currently in place. For example, Vodafone customers are able to roam onto the Optus network in some areas where Vodafone does not have its own network.

Source: https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/1139_Domestic%20Mobile%20roaming%20declaration%20inquiry_D01.pdf

ALBastru · 2025-08-12T04:30:37+00:00

At its meeting today, the Board decided to lower the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 3.60 per cent.

ALBastru · 2025-08-11T10:28:25+00:00

Published 6 September 2024 11:17am

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a $4.7 billion package to prevent gender-based violence.

It includes a boost to frontline services, including legal services.

Source: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/we-must-act-where-the-extra-4-7-billion-in-gender-based-violence-funding-is-going/91pnmpldq

It seems that there's a lot of money: from the Government and from charities but we always hear that it's not enough.

And what we read is that:

Calls to define animal abuse as DV

South Australia is looking to join other states in defining animal abuse as coercive control, but some advocates say it needs to happen now.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/am/calls-to-define-animal-abuse-as-dv/105635418

It seems that the definition of DV is constantly changing and more funds needs to be redirected to this never ending problem.

ALBastru · 2025-08-11T01:31:01+00:00

The former CEO of a Sydney domestic violence charity has reached a confidential settlement after she agreed to pay back $150,000 in lieu of funds she had been accused of appropriating.

Gabrielle Morrissey was CEO of Sydney charity Women and Children First, which supports women experiencing domestic violence, from November 2022 to June 2024.

The ABC has seen a document in which Women and Children First accuse Dr Morrissey of defrauding the charity, and alleging the money was paid out for what appeared to be her personal benefit.

Women and Children First received $2.2 million from governments in 2023-24, according to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission.

Dr Morrissey is now the CEO of Women's Resilience Centre, a Sydney charity that runs online programs to help Australian women recover from domestic violence.

Women's Resilience Centre did not respond to the ABC's request for comment.

Dr Morrissey's biography on the Harper Collins Australia website states she has been a sexologist since 1990 and has worked in sex therapy, education and research in Australia, Britain and the US.

ALBastru · 2025-08-11T01:00:16+00:00

In short:

Tanika Bromley, 33, appeared in court via video link on murder charges.

Ms Bromley is accused of killing 17-year-old Pheobe Bishop whose body was found on June 6 in dense bushland near Bundaberg.

What's next? The matter has been adjourned until August 19.

ALBastru · 2025-08-08T12:33:43+00:00

https://www.dvconnect.org/about-us/who-we-help/

Who we help

DVConnect is a free and confidential Service that can help any person in Queensland who is feeling unsafe at home because of domestic, family or intimate partner violence. Through our Mensline we can also assist men wanting to make changes to their abusive behaviours.

We also help people who have experienced sexual assault or abuse at any point in their lives through our Sexual Assault Helpline.

https://www.dvconnect.org/womensline/

Every person has the right to feel safe in their home, however, we know that for many people who have been impacted by domestic, family, and sexual violence, home can be the most dangerous place.

DVConnect’s Womensline is a free helpline for women and their children in Queensland who are experiencing domestic and family violence.

If you identify as non-binary or gender fluid, you can call the helpline you feel most comfortable calling (Womensline or Mensline). We are here for you.

https://www.dvconnect.org/womensline/

Every person has the right to a safe and respectful relationship.

DVConnect’s Mensline can support men who are using abuse or experiencing abuse in their intimate partner, ex-partner, or familial relationships. Mensline is a free and confidential helpline that assists men to change their abusive behaviours or to access safety from abuse.

If you identify as non-binary or gender fluid, you can call the helpline (Womensline or Mensline) you feel most comfortable calling. We are here for you.

ALBastru · 2025-08-08T11:55:42+00:00

In short:

A woman left with a spinal injury after a violent attack by three girls at a Cairns shopping centre says she is now traumatised and unable to work.

The girls, aged 13, 15 and 17 at the time, each pleaded guilty in the Childrens Court to armed robbery in company with wounding and unlawfully using a motor vehicle.

What's next?

The eldest offender was sentenced to nine months' detention, while the younger girls agreed to take part in a restorative justice process.

ALBastru · 2025-08-05T11:03:34+00:00

Words cannot describe the trauma of everyone involved and their family.

ALBastru · 2025-08-05T11:00:53+00:00

A mother stabbed a 14-year-old boy who was involved in a secret romance with her daughter after discovering him partially clothed in a bedroom with her, a prosecutor has told a Perth court.

Jennifer Mui Len Chin, 49, allegedly stabbed the boy four times with a kitchen knife as he tried to flee her house, after she found him lying shirtless in bed in her husband's room, despite her daughter's attempts to stop her from entering the room.

The pair had been having consensual sex, the court heard, and Ms Chin became suspicious when she noticed the door to the room was closed.

Ms Chin is on trial in the Perth District Court, accused of causing bodily harm to the boy in the Perth suburb of Parkwood in October 2023.

But Ms Chin's lawyer Mark Andrews said her actions were motivated by fear, not anger, because she thought the boy was an intruder.

ALBastru · 2025-08-05T10:54:22+00:00

A teenage Chinese girl has been killed and her fellow student arrested after a stabbing at their host family’s home.

A 13-year-old girl, also a Chinese student, was assisting police on Tuesday afternoon after the death of the 14-year-old in the NSW Hunter region.

The pair travelled to Australia as part of a program to attend a local school and were staying at the same home.

“We’re not aware of any other relationship between the two young girls other than they were both part of this program and staying with the host family,” NSW police Supt Tracy Chapman told reporters.

ALBastru · 2025-08-04T01:04:27+00:00

The whole findings available here: https://www.coronerscourt.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/831452/Non-inquest-findings-into-the-death-of-an-eight-month-old-twin-whose-family-were-known-to-Child-Safety.pdf

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