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Just when i was starting to get back on top of things I'm hit with this fictitious debt

Debt amount: 
$8058
Date debt issued: 
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
Period debt occurred: 
July 2013 to June 2014
Payment Type: 
Newstart Allowance
Appealing Debt?: 
Yes in process
Tell us about your debt and how has this affected you? e.g. anxiety levels, financial and accommodation stress: 

Earned 29,456.00 and declared all and even more to center-link. This includes 3 days of 12 hr shifts over the Easter period. Big casual dollars. Sporadic casual work patterns, sometimes not having work for weeks on end. Centerlink just took the whole yearly earnings and divided it by 26.
Was and still am trying to get back on top after the 2009 bush fires. Been on hardship with the banks trying to repay loans and credit cards. Just when i was starting to get back on top of things I'm hit with this fictitious debt.
Its unconstitutional. illegal and just bloody wrong.
Have been on the phone to the centerlink compliance officer 7 times over many hours and still not sorted
Have officially complained to centerlink.
Have written to the Commonwealth Ombudsman.

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

The Government should be ashamed.
The Governor General needs to sack Turnbull.