029 prepay SIM's definately do exist - I have one in my old phone which I keep on prepay. As to whether you can change between prepay/contract I have no idea.
Remember it's essentially Vodafone's network as they aren't a true MVNO. Vodafone can't let you switch between the 2 without changing your number so it would be unlikely that Telstra could.
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