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Faulsly accused debt- year 12 with mental health sickness

Debt amount: 
$5600
Date debt issued: 
Thursday, 29 December 2016
Period debt occurred: 
January 2014
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: 

I was already in a dark place with anxiety so opening this letter sent me off the hook. To make it worse I'm a uni student with a job that can only provide 3 shifts a week. The debt is from 2012-2013, I was in and out of hospital with serious mental healthy issues... how could you have over paid me $5600 and I some how spend it... even though I was mostly in hospital (of which was covered- I was 19).

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

They couldn't care less. It's pretty obvious.