Acute anxiety, dreaming of very hairy cows and tsunamis. Centrelink raised a weird debt against me in December 2018. They said I did not declare earnings when I was on Newstart Allowance for six weeks in 2014. Not only did I not have the payslips in relation to the time frame (five years later) the next day Centrelink stole (garnished) $2500 from my tax return. The debt amounts were impossible. Not only did I not owe the debt, I did not even obtain $6K from the Government Newstart scheme. I appealed and the case was overturned - I only had to pay altogether $250 and the amount stolen from my bank account was eventually refunded - eight months after the Centrelink theft. It took about 30 one hour phone calls, many letters, lots of losers ringing me back and keeping me on hold only to tell me they were the wrong department - I was stressed, confused and angry and I was treated like I was the criminal - when the money was completely refunded, debt wiped and all the stress added up to a bubble of frustration and lots of hours that I will never get back. THEY ARE CRIMINALS.
I get choked up and blown away.
1. How did the Government get away with raising a false debt against me, stealing the funds from my bank account, giving no workings or explaining how the debt was raised and no information as to where do I go to query this or who can help me - THEY ARE CRIMINALS!!! Absolute criminals and should be put in jail for stealing. While the money was refunded - the stress to get to the end point, eight months after the fact, nearly broke me. The actual amount was $250. Not $6K. They stole the money before Christmas leaving me with no holidays, no presents nothing. I really hate them and I want them to be put in jail.