I know, I know, I work for the opposition. However just came across this if anyone is interested... https://personal.optus.com.au/Web/o...bile/prepaidmobile/freesimoffer&site=personal $4 credit with free SIM, & 20 free txts after online activation. might be a cheap start, or spare number?
got mine, very impressed with optus's offers compared to what i had with another carrier so i changed over and kept my old number i only stuck with the other carrier coz my gf had them so it worked out cheap, not that is no more, optus is cheaper for contacting mates etc.
i got mine...well they sent me 2 actually (for sum reason) i got optus phone already but also a telstra one cause i only relised after i brought the optus one that all me friends r on telstra and it is way cheaper getting the 1 cent txt with telsra haha
yeah I found optus really good before I worked for T, obviously staff perks make T worthwhile, but I find heaps of people 20-30yrs on optus pre-paid was only til the end of march, sorry.