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Affecting my small business

Debt amount: 
$1500
Date debt issued: 
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
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: 

Further to my previous story. Called to negotiate a lower payment to my debt repayments.

They didn't update my records and they are still trying to make me pay out of my fortnightly work income as well as my rent assistance.

1. I can't afford to pay extra money out of my work pay
2. It is affecting my ability to run the small business I started online this financial year.

"So much for jobs and growth" mr Turnbull !

Maybe if I could get my business up and running I wouldn't need centre link at all? Although I pay the same amount of tax every fortnight as I get in rent assistance so technically I pay my way.

This is starting to get stressful now as I will have to call centre link again today and go to work I also suffer from Anxiety disorder and all through my shift today I'm going to be worrying. Also it took me half an hour to get through to centre link last time. This is wasting time I could be spending doing important work on my small business.

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

That it's a debarcle