In June 2018 i got a letter in the post from centrelink.
It was 'issued' in early may and had a DUE DATE of 8 June.
If i hadn't heard about the robodebt issue ALL over the media, i would have been one of those people struggling with idea of suicide.
I am still shaking, nervous, sick depressed and constantly anxious.
When i called them they set up a 3 month deadline to appeal it, and i BEGGED for a centrelink social worker to talk out this issue.
I got a 3 month delay and am still trying to resolve this, but I am so mentally affected by this horrible accusatory letter (so how would anyone get paid 'incorrectly' by centrelink?? They are such tight bastards NOONE can get payments without heaps of horrible paperwork & bureaucracy.)
I am so financially rooted there is NO WAY i can pay $10,000 - EVER!! Let alone in FOUR DAYS?!?!?!
Centrelink couldn't have handled this any worse than they did. AND they're STILL DOING IT.
It's been ages since i heard about centrelinks robodebt letters and calls making people suicidal.
They sent me letters/pdf files to myGov 'email' account - You can't even REPLY to them
That's not email, centrelink... It's a megaphone of you DICTATING what centrelink customers have to do, and there are no real channels or methods to communicate COMPLAINTS or ask for clarification.
Geez someone thought hard how to disempower people and treat them like absolute scum. I bet they got paid a lot of money, too.
You can't talk to real people at all, and government have deliberately removed staff and services from their offices so people like us cant complain or just TALK TO SOMEONE REASONABLE!!!
They have outsourced job-agencies to corrupt businesses and ENFORCE their customers with threats of cutting payments, cutting access altogether.
I heard about the robodebt suicide incident years ago, and realise they haven't changed ANYTHING - It's just that they have taken years to get to my name, because centrelink is so crap and inefficient.
I am disgusted with how the government is treating extremely vulnerable people like me with absolute contempt.
It's almost like they want to push us to see how much we put up with before we crack and retaliate massively.
Government, and CUNTRELINK are disgusting. If they actually provided services, and had to employ staff to TALK TO PEOPLE and BE IN THE CENTRELINK OFFICES for their clients/customers - IMAGINE how many more people would have jobs!?!!
I am so angry and upset about this.
THANKFULLY i am not reliant on centrelink income now.
And I had the strength and knowledge to call Centrelink up, declare how sick and upset i was, make a complaint, AND arrange sufficient time for me to investigate and appeal this stupid decision
Imagine trying to deal with this, with the threat of immediate suspension of payment hanging over you.