Debt amount:
$30000
Date debt issued:
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Period debt occurred:
January 2017 to May 2019
Has your case been referred to a collection agency?:
No
Payment Type:
Austudy
Appealing Debt?:
Yes & I won
Tell us about your debt and how has this affected you? e.g. anxiety levels, financial and accommodation stress:
This debt caused me months of stress and anxiety, months of not sleeping or eating properly, severe suicidal ideations, feeling of complete hopelessness.
I felt like I had done something wrong when I hadn't.
I worried about losing my house, my animals, and my life.
Just basically not being able to live a comfortable life for as long as I could picture, to me it felt like my life was ending before I had actually lived any of it.
How do you feel about the way the Government has handled this process?:
I'm not even going to speak about how poorly they handled things.