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how do i work out wat i really owed centrelink

Debt amount: 
$5000
Date debt issued: 
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Period debt occurred: 
March 2010 to March 2012
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: 

iv been doing it hard in lots of ways for maybe the last 7 yrs .
i was recieving parenting an family tax payments an working casually sometimes.

when i had to report my earnings some wks i wasnt reporting the real amount. this wasn't because i wanted to rip off the government it was because if i reported the real amounts some wks by the time they to 20c of every $1 i earnt i wasnt going to be to survive at all .
i just assumed every tax time they see wat i earnt an correct it.
so i just assumed wen they sent me debt letters they where right an iv been paying them ever since.

how do i work it all out for myself

How do you feel about the way the Government has handled this process?: 

poor exactly how they handle anything they have to admit theyve fucked up