Debt amount:
$3000
Date debt issued:
Saturday, 11 June 2016
Period debt occurred:
July 2010 to January 2011
Payment Type:
Newstart Allowance
Appealing Debt?:
Yes & I won
Tell us about your debt and how has this affected you? e.g. anxiety levels, financial and accommodation stress:
I was woken at 3am one night by a sms telling me that I had a debt and to check my human services inbox.
I had already paid this debt 3 months prior and this absolutely floored me. I was practically suicidal.
Fortunately after a few weeks and an investigation, the officer informed me that it was an error and the debt was cleared.
They had no explanation for a 3am wake up call except for " A new system with a glitch or two".
How do you feel about the way the Government has handled this process?:
Total balls up