Debt amount:
$450
Date debt issued:
Saturday, 13 October 2018
Period debt occurred:
March 2013
Payment Type:
Austudy
Appealing Debt?:
Yes in process
Tell us about your debt and how has this affected you? e.g. anxiety levels, financial and accommodation stress:
Centrelink took money out of my tax return without my knowledge or consent for a debt that I never owed them.
Their automated system assumed I worked in a period that I didn't and now, after going in and calling several times and providing bank statements from 6 years ago, I'm waiting to get back the money that they have stolen.
How do you feel about the way the Government has handled this process?:
Terribly. It is a completely incompetent, inaccurate and inefficient system that uses bullying tactics to intimidate people.