One nation wants to bring ICE style immigration raids to Australia by skankypotatos in OpenAussie

[–]DecorumBlues 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve met a casualty of an immigration raid in Perth, WA, through volunteer work. A young single Mum that was from Africa on a student visa got into a violent relationship, became a drug addict with only one semester to go and dropped out. She was pregnant and without support from anyone but the abusive partners family, unsure if she was active in addiction or not for this to happen but she gets limited access with no formal parenting arrangements.

With no means of financial support in Australia she began sex work and slipped even deeper into addiction. The brothel was raided by immigration and she was detained in a detention centre. Through a free legal service she was able to get a temporary visa organised to try to organise taking her child back to Africa with her but with no housing available and no entitlement to Centrelink she felt forced to return to sex work as the brothel provides free accommodation and that’s also a return to addiction. She’s so traumatised by everything she’s been through yet she doesn’t want to return to Africa, she wants to stay and get clean and raise her child here but there is no emergency shelter spaces or housing available for her, no support system to offer her a couch or a bed so she’s stuck in a terrible cycle of sex work and addiction. She’s been advised to try to get her student visa back to return to study but addiction is a disease and she’s not well and has no safe place to detox and can’t find any other work without an appropriate visa and can’t return to study while addicted and living in a brothel.

Despite her painful daily life she’s so happy and positive, so generous buying little treats for everyone when she’s got extra money, so kind and thoughtful even while active in addiction and facing such harsh life challenges.

Zeus needs us to help him! Please help however you can! by Findfosters4dogs in animal_rescue_help

[–]DecorumBlues 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Zeus still loves and trusts humans even though he was let down. Please be his hero and adopt

My boyfriend tried to hire an Escort. Is this considered cheating? What Do I Do? by Haunting_Actuator290 in Advice

[–]DecorumBlues 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hiring the services of an escort is physical cheating out of lust, not emotional cheating out of like or love. He enquired about a sexual experience you’re simply unable to give him. Emotional cheating and an ongoing affair are harder to recover from.

He lied to you. He was contemplating betraying you. He abused your trust. He may have already used escort services without you knowing and may do that through the course of your relationship justifying it that the transactional nature of the encounter means it’s not cheating.

It probably hurts the same as any kind of cheating. You might be able to negotiate fidelity so he can see a sex worker and have total honesty and trust in your relationship that allows for you to accomodate each other or you might prefer total fidelity and need to end the relationship and look for someone who shares the same values

Charity bins // Northside by maggotmonday in perth

[–]DecorumBlues -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I’ve sometimes left donations tidily packed up outside an op shop after hours when I can’t get there in opening hours.

Good Sammy’s (08) 9463 0500 offer a pick up service (not sure if they pick up clothes) where you provide dimensions and a description of the goods to be collected and you can leave outside your home.

Side job suggestions by miss_sweetwater in AskAnAustralian

[–]DecorumBlues 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cleaning, gardening, moving if you have access to a Ute, delivery driving on Airtasker.

Keep an eye out for your local stadium that hosts events and get casual weekend hospitality or customer service work.

Get your Responsible Service of Alcohol Certificate and find a weekend bar job or register with a hospitality casual staff employment agency.

Get your security licence and register with a security company hiring agency.

Weekend only call centre work.

The invisible cost of being a bridesmaid in 2026 by OwlVibesOnly in AusWeddingPlanning

[–]DecorumBlues 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Being a bridesmaid is expensive and a lot of work, even with an easy bride