Debt amount:
$9200
Period debt occurred:
February 2009 to October 2016
Payment Type:
Newstart Allowance
Appealing Debt?:
I don't know how to
Tell us about your debt and how has this affected you? e.g. anxiety levels, financial and accommodation stress:
I can't even survive on the 'normal' rate of Newstart. Now, having 20 a fortnight taken out to cover this supposed debt, it is even more difficult.
How do you feel about the way the Government has handled this process?:
Very poorly. They gave people receiving a payment almost no opportunity to prove their case or where they believed the debt was incorrect. The figures I have been quoted by Centrelink for what I owe are above what I would have received anyway. The figures are based on the wrong information.