a cruel system run by rich men

my debt stemmed from my first and only job. when i got the job i tried to end my relationship with centrelink, but they insisted i had to continue to report my income and attend job services for an undisclosed amount of time

I was told the debt was incurred because i reported my income by inputting what was exactly on my payslip, i was reporting my employers fortnight, not centrelinks fortnight.
I was supposed to calculate how much i had been paid during the Centrelink fortnight.
Nobody told me this at the time, and there was no mention of this on the reporting page.
i was eventually 'cut off' from centrelink for not reporting enough times because i just forgot do the pointless task as usually i would receive no payment for it.
i was working at a school in a support position and the payment that led to this debt was issued because i did not get a wage during school holidays.

by the time i received the debt notice, i was two years out of the job. the job had already exacerbated my mental illness and i was very depressed and agoraphobic, as well as stressed by the thousands i owed my previous employer (there was even a warrant issued) & in credit card debt from when i was trying to get a job without being reabsorbed by the inhumane centrelink system (ultimately pointless because here i am, jumping through their hoops)

the combination of fighting the debt & the disability application process has seen my mental and physical health decline rapidly, leading to a cycle of violent self harm that has left my mental faculties permanently damaged, and increased my physical limitations ten fold.