Debt amount:
$19000
Date debt issued:
Friday, 12 July 2019
Period debt occurred:
January 2011 to July 2018
Has your case been referred to a collection agency?:
No
Payment Type:
Parenting Payment
Appealing Debt?:
Yes in process
Tell us about your debt and how has this affected you? e.g. anxiety levels, financial and accommodation stress:
Am utterly broken. Two disabled kids whose therapy I already can't afford. I'm immune supressed with bacterial infection in my tooth that could kill me, and I can't afford to get it removed. My car needs repairs.
I didn't even EARN $19,000 a year, so how on earth am I going to pay $19,000 back by the next month?
This is on top of the $12,000 debt I already have because they did not code a scholarship letter correctly.
It makes me want to just give up.
How do you feel about the way the Government has handled this process?:
Dehumanizing.
How do you give someone a month to pay back $19,000 when they don't even earn that much?
So much for safety net for the most vulnerable.