Debt amount:
$2493
Date debt issued:
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Period debt occurred:
December 2015 to March 2016
Has your case been referred to a collection agency?:
Yes
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:
Got a call out of the blue from debt collector. Coerced to provide bank details for payments before I could think about it.
It’s a small amount but I don’t earn much now so debt is debt.
I did fortnightly reporting of income during the brief time on Newstart so how I’m here I don’t know.
It causes a great deal of anxiety if it wasn’t for my partner insisting on an appeal I would have been compliant.
How do you feel about the way the Government has handled this process?:
What a sham, how does this come out of the blue?