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One of the lucky ones

Debt amount: 
$5700
Date debt issued: 
Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Period debt occurred: 
July 2016 to June 2017
Has your case been referred to a collection agency?: 
No
Payment Type: 
Parenting Payment
Appealing Debt?: 
Yes & I won
Tell us about your debt and how has this affected you? e.g. anxiety levels, financial and accommodation stress: 

I was slugged with this dent out of the blue. Ir took hours on the phone to just get a letter semt put how ot was calculated, and it quickly became clear that this sham accounting should be completely illegal. Anyone who has even a little sense can see that. I was lucky, I only worked one job in that financial year and i kept all my payslips and xould get my bank statements to disprit. I ended up owing just $300 due to their system error, not mine.

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

Its utterly fraudulent