Imogen didn’t want to dip into her super early.
She’s a uni student from Brisbane, and has been working casually in hospitality while studying.
Then the pandemic hit.
She’s out of work, and just misses out on Centrelink payments because she’s 21. The government still considers her a dependent, supported by her parents – even though she lives out of home.
So Imogen decided to take $8,000 out of her super.
“I was really unsure about taking any of it out, because of how it’ll affect me in the long term,” she told Hack.
“But it just sort of got to a point where I was too stressed to do any uni work, and I didn’t really want to see anybody because I was just so stressed out about money.