Been looking around for one of these at a reasonable price - think this might be the one! Thanks to Pricehipster.
This Surge protected Powerboard protects your valuable equipment to the risk of electrical surges (TV, DVD players, consoles, pay TV devices, internet routers) via both the 8 power outlets and the F connectors which also includes RFI filtering.
Overload protection: turns off power should current down from appliances exceed safe levels
Surge protection up to 3,150J with LED indicator
Long lead up to 3 metres with rotating dust covers
Master switch to turn off all devices simultaneously
12 months warranty
are these a necessity in all parts of Australia
I know they said surges were frequent in my days there
also since they have a twelve month warranty, do they need to be replaced after a certain period of time
cheers OP