An honours student has shot down recent claims Centrelink's system is not flawed after he called the agency's student line 195 times and was still unable to get through to staff.

Anthony Osborne, 26, who lives in Aston in South Australia and studies at Swinburne University of Technology, was left with no income for the month of December after repeated attempts to contact Centrelink regarding his payment for his honour's degree went unanswered.

Mr Osborne told Daily Mail Australia he spent most of a December morning listening to a busy tone until he finally gave up and went down to his local Centrelink office.

South Australian university student Anthony Osborne, 26, was left with no income for the month of December after 195 calls to Centrelink went unanswered (pictured is his call list)

Mr Osborne became so frustrated he went to his local Centrelink office and called from the staff phone

But when he reached the office, Mr Osborne said the staff told him it would be easier to go home and call the number again.

Mr Osborne said he used the office phone to call again but couldn't get through so staff members let him use a 'secret' number and he spent two hours on hold before finally getting through.

'It's incredibly stressful and frustrating because I pretty much went all December without any income because my payments stopped as soon as I finished my Bachelor's degree,' he said.

'We're meant to fix this system because it just isn't working and for anyone to claim that it is [working] is incredibly misleading.'

Mr Osborne, who lives in Human Services Minister Alan Trudge's district, said program's flailing system is causing heartbreak, stress and mental health issues.

A 23-year-old father from Gladstone, Queensland, told Daily Mail Australia said he recently tried calling the Centrelink family line 45 times in the space of an hour.

The man, who wished to remain anonymous, said he was eventually connected to another line and was told there were less staff working because they were off for the holiday season.

The student has shot down recent statements from Human Services Minister Alan Trudge that the system is fine and running (pictured are his 17th and 50th attempt at calling)

A 23-year-old father from Gladstone, Queensland, told Daily Mail Australia said he recently tried calling the Centrelink family line 45 times in the space of an hour (pictured)

'It's difficult because it's something you should be able to do on their website or app, which always seems to be failing,' the Gladstone father said

'Everyone else who is on Centrelink, or depends on Centrelink to stay alive, also have families and if something goes wrong with our payments then it's a really bad time of year to be left in the lurch.'

'It's difficult because it's something you should be able to do on their website or app, which always seems to be failing,' he said.

Human Services Minister Alan Trudge rejected claims the system is flawed and told people to be patient when trying to call Centrelink because they may have to wait 'longer than what they would like to wait,' according to ABC.

It is the latest issue in a laundry list of problems surrounding Centrelink, including a new automated debt matching system clients claim has sent them inaccurate debts.

Centrelink changes will force families to tighten their budget this year as multiple programs get the axe to help fill the federal budget deficit.

The Schoolkids Bonus will not continue in 2017, meaning parents will lose $430 per primary school aged child, and $856 per high school aged child each year.

The Single Income Family Supplement will not be available to new applicants as of July 1 and The Energy Supplement will be scrapped for welfare recipients.