Debt amount:
$3000
Date debt issued:
Friday, 4 November 2016
Period debt occurred:
January 2017
Has your case been referred to a collection agency?:
No
Payment Type:
Newstart Allowance
Appealing Debt?:
Yes in process
Tell us about your debt and how has this affected you? e.g. anxiety levels, financial and accommodation stress:
I get treated for high anxiety and have been for years and is a reason why i have spent time of the last few years unemployed. It has not helped my treatment and kept me on high doses of medication (mirtazapine, was on 60 mg now down to 45 which is still a high dose) i am also now being subsidised by family to help cover rent as i am struggling to actually get work while still not well.
How do you feel about the way the Government has handled this process?:
Clinical and robotic, the debt it just plain wrong it only takes into account that i earnt money that financial year and not the fact i spent the later 6 months unemployed and only claimed for 3 months.