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Completely unfair

Debt amount: 
$890
Payment Type: 
Newstart Allowance
Appealing Debt?: 
No
Tell us about your debt and how has this affected you? e.g. anxiety levels, financial and accommodation stress: 

I stopped Centrelink over a year ago as I started working . Last month they told me I owed $890 due to wrongful reporting on my behalf which I knew wasn’t true. Had to get payslips from all of 2018 which bought it down to $760 I ignored it for a little bit, and got bombarded with random phone calls from Milton and Graham asking me to pay. Today I got a letter from them asking to pay. I actually decided to pay it so they would get off my freaking back. They have no idea that I was Saving so well and this has put me back into a bit of strife. And it was not my fault at all! I tried calling Centrelink but I can never get through and I don’t have the time or patience to sit on hold all freaking day when I have to work. F U Centrelink you are just ridiculous

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

Absolutely terrible. So many people are in trouble with Centrelink more then half not our fault. Stop going after the people who actually do the right thing and go for the ones who don’t actually work!