Debt amount:
$900
Date debt issued:
Friday, 7 June 2019
Period debt occurred:
July 2017 to November 2019
Has your case been referred to a collection agency?:
No
Payment Type:
Youth 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:
Receiving the letter, I felt a sense of doom. Yes I am now working full time and my financial situation has improved, but not too the point where I had a spare $900 to give them on demand.
How do you feel about the way the Government has handled this process?:
Bitter. The women I first spoke to could see the error was simply that the company name I reported under didn't perfectly match what they had listed, even though the ABN was correct. 2 months of chasing payslips resulted in them accepting my appeal, but a month since then, I'm yet to see a cent of the 50% I've paid of the debt reimbursed. I'm just angry now.