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Now taking money directly out of my tax return

Debt amount: 
$1176
Date debt issued: 
Monday, 16 April 2018
Period debt occurred: 
October 2013 to November 2013
Has your case been referred to a collection agency?: 
No
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: 

Beware they are taking the false debt directly out of tax returns now.

It's been like a one-way conversation.
15 months ago I provided all the evidence which if any logical person spend 5 minutes on it will make sense of, they still sent me a letter of debt this April.

Following NotMyDebt's advice I posted a formal letter to Canberra requesting for a review.
I did not hear back from them regarding the request for review.
I did not receive any notification on how they will force me to pay them back.

But I thought as long as it's in the process of review, they will not make any debt collection action?
Instead, they just directly took the amount from my tax return.

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

Poorly. Like I said, one-way conversation.

Does Centrelink expect me to take 2 hours out of my full-time work to speak to them on the phone on a work day?

Everything has been provided to them, but has anyone actually reviewed my case?

To be honest, I can afford losing the $1176.01 I don't owe them.
What about people who can't? What about people who have mental issues that can't take that pressure? Isn't Centrelink supposed to support people in need?