Debt amount:
$127
Date debt issued:
Thursday, 15 December 2016
Period debt occurred:
January 2017
Has your case been referred to a collection agency?:
No
Payment Type:
Newstart Allowance
Appealing Debt?:
Unknown
Tell us about your debt and how has this affected you? e.g. anxiety levels, financial and accommodation stress:
I was stressed already when I got the letter. I had just lost my job and got that letter and another saying I'd be no longer getting Family Tax Benefit all within a few days.
Eventually I spoke to someone at Centrelink who said I'd need pay slips from 5 years ago to prove I hadn't been overpaid. I haven't got them and I don't want to ring a school I havent worked at for 4 years to ask. I don't want to tell them I'm in trouble with Centrelink.
I know I always reported my income accurately. I think this "debt" is incorrect and I know this process is totally unfair.
How do you feel about the way the Government has handled this process?:
They hate poor people. They hate people who are old, sick or vulnerable. They really do despise us and see us as contemptible.