'I don't trust them': Centrelink overestimated Sydney single mum's debt by $7k

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Ms Hellner said she was not given a reason as to why the amount of her debt had varied so much from its initial calculation and was yet to receive any explanation in writing. 9News

"At first I was relieved because it was a lot less," Ms Hellner said.Ms Hellner said she still did not believe the debt was correct and planned to request another review.

"It's going to leave us in a little bit of situation where I'm not going to have enough money for things for . "Basically, I am just a little lamb to be slaughtered. I'm waiting for them to do something horrible to me and I'm in this weird state of limbo. It's really stressful. It's not a nice way to live and I don't think human beings should have to put up with this kind of behaviour, especially from the people that are meant to be looking out for them."

Robodebt was rolled out by the Coalition in July 2015. It has placed the burden of proving a debt is not owed on the customer through a system of providing payslips or bank statements.

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they are ridiculous..centerlink should have people who is doing the right thing not just do mistakes and errors and blame people on it and has to pay their errors and mistakes this is just not acceptable at all.. and it's unfair.

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