Centrelink wipes surprise $7800 debt after Indigenous woman seeks answers
4 January 2017
SBS
An Indigenous elder claims Centrelink cleared her of nearly $8000 debt after she said she would take her case to the Ombudsman’s Office.
An Indigenous elder claims Centrelink cleared her of nearly $8000 debt after she said she would take her case to the Ombudsman’s Office.
The Centrelink debacle is getting worse, with more Australians each day revealing they have been slugged with demands to pay back tens of thousands of dollars they don’t owe.
Furious Aussies, many of whom were on the dole for only a brief period years ago, are demanding action from the Government, which is denying a problem exists.
Autism Australia head says her son almost paid $3,000 to a debt recovery firm when he did not owe Centrelink anything