Debt amount:
$4800
Date debt issued:
Thursday, 1 November 2018
Period debt occurred:
October 2013 to October 2016
Has your case been referred to a collection agency?:
No
Payment Type:
Austudy
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 had just come off night shift and when I got the call I just could not stop crying.
They initially told me it would be about 3000 but when I appealed they came back to say it was actually 4800 dollars that I DO NOT HAVE and gave me 2 weeks to pay it.
Are they serious?
Do you think every average joe has that in their back pocket?
It was disgusting
I couldn't sleep; not working to my full potential that night looking after acutely unwell people.
How do you feel about the way the Government has handled this process?:
Very very poorly.
Not one shred of assistance provided or options given.
I asked for written evidence of three years worth of my apparent wrong reporting.
Got one single piece of paper that does not make sense to me.
Asked if I could get a lawyer or accountant to look at it and they replied "no".