No one's explained why

Debt amount:

$2000

Date debt issued:

Wednesday, 14 August 2019

Period debt occurred:

January 2018 to February 2018

Has your case been referred to a collection agency?:

Payment Type:

Carer Payment

Appealing Debt?:

I don't know how to

Tell us about your debt and how has this affected you? e.g. anxiety levels, financial and accommodation stress:

I am already a sufferer of Panic Disorder.
I received a Robodebt for when I was looking after my now deceased father fighting stage 4 Sarcoma.

I've been working so hard to pay off credit cards from that period where I wasn't receiving enough money to get by, to almost get on top of that nearly $10,000 of debt, and then to be slapped with a $2,000 robodebt that I don't agree with at all.

I was told I was entitled to 14 weeks pay following his death and now they're chasing me for that money back, and of course "don't have a record" of the call where I asked if I was entitled to the money. How convenient.

How do you feel about the way the Government has handled this process?:

It's pathetic. No one's explained why, asked for my justification, taken any factors into consideration.
Just looked at my income, divided a random number by 26 and sent me a bill. It's pathetic.