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Driven so poor suicide seems like a holiday

Debt amount: 
$10900
Date debt issued: 
Thursday, 1 December 2016
Period debt occurred: 
January 2014 to January 2015
Has your case been referred to a collection agency?: 
No
Payment Type: 
Newstart Allowance
Appealing Debt?: 
Yes but I lost
Tell us about your debt and how has this affected you? e.g. anxiety levels, financial and accommodation stress: 

Suicidal, once antidepressants and medications from back injury are paid, there's not much more than $5.00 a week left to live was on workcover from 2012

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

No compassion empathy or respect to people's lives, need or hardship just PAY NOW OR EVERY FORTNIGHT