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Centrelink stole my money

Debt amount: 
$7500
Date debt issued: 
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
Period debt occurred: 
July 2014 to June 2017
Has your case been referred to a collection agency?: 
No
Payment Type: 
Parenting Payment
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 nearly lost all my family tax payment and am suffering financial hardship as I’m only working part time and am too scared to claim a payment because I don’t want any more “over payments”! They make up the rules as the go along! They took my reconciliation payment! I believed my payment was lowered through the year to ensure I don’t have an over payment, they just saved it up for them and stole my money! This is after payments are being made f/nightly!

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

There is no proof of how this debt it calculated as I wasn’t on payments when I was working, I feel they calculated this for the entire year rather than the few months I am working for.