Debt amount:
$6500
Date debt issued:
Friday, 2 August 2019
Period debt occurred:
July 2011 to March 2016
Has your case been referred to a collection agency?:
No
Payment Type:
Newstart Allowance
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:
HIGHLY ANXIOUS, NO IDEA OF THIS. I HAVE COMPLETED PAPERWORK EARLY LAST YEAR. NO MENTION OF ANY OUTSTANDING DEBT WAS ISSUED FOLLOWING THE AUDIT.
NOW THIS!
How do you feel about the way the Government has handled this process?:
APART FROM LAST YEARS AUDIT, THERE HAS BEEN NO CORRESPONDENCE EXCEPT, THURSDAY 01/08/2019, I RECEIVED A TXT THAT INFORMED ME OF IMPENDING PHONE CALL. I HAVE NOT BEEN ON BENEFITS SINCE JUNE 2018, SO, I THOUGHT IT WAS A SCAM TO EXTRACT PERSONAL DATA. MONDAY, 05/ 08/19, I RECEIVED THE NOTICE VIA MYGOV, STATING THE AMOUNT OWED AND THE REASON AS FOLLOWS:
"THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF YOUR EARNINGS WAS NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE PAYMENTS MADE TO YOU FROM 14 JULY, 2011 TO 28TH MARCH 2016.