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Absolute Trash!
June 15, 2020

This website needs to be programmed by actual programmers and not a wannabe government agency! Stay away at all costs if you can

Date of experience: June 15, 2020
Australia
5 reviews
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My gov app sucks
June 9, 2020

This app is useless keeps locking you out, can't link my Ato to my gov, changes codes every couple of seconds, by the time you put the dam code in it expires, and then your used your chances, and then it locks you out, and to top that it tells you to clean your cache our, update your browser this is utter bull$#*! its a useless not friendly app I'm over it, then they want your bank details don't give them, also there's a scam that is actually a my gov so be careful, don't give your tax file number, or bank details, just make sure this site is legitimate, this app needs to be looked at useless piece of crap

Date of experience: June 9, 2020
Australia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Absolute crap
May 13, 2020

3 weeks of unable to verify any of my documents, only to be told to check with Vic Road, BD&M regarding my identity, rebooting the app, the list goes on - there are no options to get your documents to them and no way of speaking to anyone that has help. Has anyone got some insight GRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Date of experience: May 12, 2020
Australia
3 reviews
14 helpful votes
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I just want to make a complaint about a certain customer representative I spoke to on the phone today who was EXTREMELY rude. I was trying to get a link code for my MyGov so I could take out my superannuation. I spoke to a certain young woman by the name of "Bell". I had given her my bank account numbers, both my BSB numbers, my taxfile number, my address, my phone number, my date of birth and she said it wasn't enough. She asked for my driver's license so she could prove who I was. I had given her my driver's license number, she said THAT wasn't enough. She then asked me for my passport number. I had given her my passport number she said THAT wasn't enough and she still couldn't identify me. I WAS REALLY ANGRY! Eventually I gave up, it seems that no matter what proof I had of my identification she just didn't want to help me right from the very beginning of the phone call. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE LIKE THIS WORKING IN YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT! NO WONDER YOU GET SO MANY COMPLAINTS!

Date of experience: May 10, 2020
Australia
1 review
34 helpful votes
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Total garbage
May 8, 2020

I worked in IT most of my life, and we would have immediately fired any programming team who rolled out a system this bad. User-hostile, slow and unpredictable, impossible to find anything on the site, ridiculous error messages during install. I can't believe our tax dollars have been yet again poured down the toilet on another $#*!ty app.

Date of experience: May 7, 2020
Austria
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Embarrassing.
May 6, 2020

I needed to obtain a notice of assessment and some super details from the ato website. I logged onto the ato website which informed me It needed to be linked to the mygov site before I could view the information... To do this I needed to provide information from the notice of assessment and some superannuation details... I'm glad I left Australia years ago, dumbest ***t I have ever encountered.

Date of experience: May 6, 2020
Australia
1 review
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Does Not work
May 1, 2020

Trying to use the my Gov App to apply for the Job Seeker payment.

What a waste of time. Typical of Government IT and how we all have to do everything online with the Government and their systems don't work. Total rubbish.

Date of experience: April 30, 2020
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Mygov MYGOD!
April 30, 2020

What an abomination mygov is. Impossible to navigate. Hours spent waiting to talk to ATO support. No verification code emails received to access the ATO business platform. Unable to lodge applications or BAS returns etc on line.
The App should be taken down and the designers sacked

Date of experience: April 30, 2020
Australia
1 review
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Avoid if you can.
April 29, 2020

Had to install this to enrol for job keeper payment subsidy. It seems almost impossible to just log into the system. After numerous trials of same $#*!ty job I was finally able to log in, still doesn't make sense why it created this way...

Date of experience: April 29, 2020
Australia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Worst Application Ever - FIX IT
April 27, 2020

I facilitate government tenders, and if this was the interface that we expected customers/citizens to navigate through to perform simple administrative tasks, I'd be seriously considering whether the contractor had met their deliverables laid out in the agreement when producing this garbage. It's hard to imagine someone was paid for this.

I am now on my 4th MyGov account, 4th new useless email account etc etc over the years trying to simply access my ATO and Medicare records. The phone lines take hours and tell you about how you can access this all through MyGov - clearly they've never tried! Worst application I've ever had to use. I wish it did us all a favour and just didn't turn on in the first place so it wouldn't waste my time. I feel sorry for anyone that is in a position that has to use it.

If anyone reads this from the MyGov team - Please amend this atrocity. This thing is supposed to be user friendly!? It's enough to make me pull my hair out. And then when I reach the customer service operator they tell me that documents will only be issued through MyGov app.

This application feels like it was designed simply for the purpose of producing unnecessary, insurmountable red tape to dissuade anyone from ever achieving anything through any of the linked Govt bodies.

SHAM(E)

Date of experience: April 26, 2020
Australia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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$#*! customer service
April 19, 2020

Been waiting on the phone for over an hour and a half just so I can change my mobile number on their records. Most useless app/system ever and will cause you to want to break $#*!

Date of experience: April 19, 2020
Australia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Worst software app imaginable. Anal security for what is meant to be for information. Security codes last 30 seconds before chang8ng. Even when put in they are rejected as incorrect. Typical civil service software. Piece of $#*!.

Date of experience: April 9, 2020
Australia
1 review
8 helpful votes
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May as well shoot yourself
April 1, 2020

It's that bad, you will feel all willpower to live drain from your body when you try to use this website. About as effective as curing cancer by taking cyanide.

Date of experience: April 1, 2020
Australia
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Ridiculous
April 1, 2020

Absolute joke cant believe how such a simple task is so frustrating primative this is where our tax dollars go

Date of experience: March 29, 2020
Australia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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A maze and nightmare
March 30, 2020

What can I say. Let's make a system to make everything impossible. Say contact is only online yet the site is down. Can't go there due to illness. Can't call as their phones just hang up as no one is available. So like it or not. They have isolated me from any assistance. Kawana Waters Canterlink. Medical certificates are to protect people. Kawana have refused mine stating I am high risk as they already knew. Told I was "providing an invalid medical certificate" by the supervisor and customer service. Complained when I got home only to be called a liar by Leah and Ella in complaints. What a nicely stitched up set up. Personal medical information lost, physical for work assessment done over phone by movement specialist. Seems the centerlink staff and leaders know better than my doctors who performed my surgeries. Emails sent to Ted O'brien (his receptionist told me not to act like a victim when she asked what the issue was.) very nice thanks Ted.
Scott Morrision
Tony Albanese
Hank Jongen
The Premiers Queensland.
Local members
I understand these times are very trying times although I do not want this issue to dissapear as has happened to my personal documents and information which has dissapeared at strategic times since my initial operation.
A response is still requested.

Date of experience: March 29, 2020
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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MyGov ID - Yet another wasteful govt app
March 26, 2020

I run a small business which unfortunately needs to use an Auskey ( another piece of c--p from the ATO), was happy when they announced MyGovID - the expectation was that it would be an improvement, but they outdid themselves by creating an even larger steaming pile of C--p, they even developed a logo that looks like it.
I set up the ID alongwith a new RAM on 26 Feb as Auskey will be discontinued on 28 March, it doesnt work, have spent hours with their "help"desk to no avail. Still conflicts re: access, spent another 2 hours today as Auskey switches off in 48 hours.
I now have to purge 4 laptops and 3 mobile devices of anything to f=do with MyGov, and redo the whole process from scratch.

Its funny in a country where every bank has an app with the same function that works seamlessly- has a system of government access designed so that you cant function without spending a considerable amount of labour and resources managing non-productive administrative nonsense because some govt department in its pointy headed wisdom decided on an antediluvian process with shiny graphics should be the new norm.

Date of experience: March 25, 2020
Australia
1 review
15 helpful votes
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Im struggling to find the words to describe the nightmare that is the mygov website. If you ever manage to even log on then that's just the beginning of the worst ride of your life my friend. The whole thing should be scrapped and started again from scratch and the people responsible for this mess of a website locked up for a very long time

Date of experience: March 24, 2020
Australia
1 review
14 helpful votes
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Disgraceful waste of Taxpayers money
March 23, 2020

Those talking heads representing the Media need to go through the process from start to finish to properly report on the enormous amount of taxpayer funds (circa $100 million) wasted on this solution. They talk to people and report third hand which bears no resemblance to the disgraceful system that has been implemented.
Those in Canberra who are representing the people of Australia need to personally use the system before they publicly spread propaganda on how they are helping those in need..

Date of experience: March 23, 2020
Australia
1 review
21 helpful votes
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Super crappy site.
March 13, 2020

There is no good points to this site. It is a marathon to even login. It is impossible to guess the mind state of the person who designed it. Either on acid or schizophrenic and suffering multiple personalities disorder because there is no common sense involved in this site. I have gone through a who block of chocolatey stress removal and still havent updates my medicare details yet. A stupid site.

Date of experience: March 12, 2020
Australia
1 review
14 helpful votes
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Terrible website
March 11, 2020

Had to wait 5 minutes before I got the login code. Then it was the wrong (old code) and the system locked me out for 2 hours. No one on the phone could unlock my account. Terrible system. Poorly designed.

Date of experience: March 10, 2020