User Pays

By Tabitha Ormiston-Smith

What if we took our political leaders' rhetoric seriously? What if we implemented their dodgy policies in real life? In this chilling parable, the User Pays doctrine is examined as applied to a typical Australian family.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tabitha Ormiston-Smith
• Release date: Feb 20, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310672378

Tabitha Ormiston-Smith

Tabitha Ormiston-Smith was born and continues to age. Dividing her time between her houses in Melbourne and the country, she is ably assisted in her editing business and her other endeavours by Ferret, the three-legged bandit.

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USER PAYS

A Political Parable

Tabitha Ormiston-Smith

Copyright Tabitha Ormiston-Smith 2014

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USER PAYS

Once upon a time there was a panel beater called Rod Stevens.

Rod lived in a three bedroom weatherboard house in Werribee, with his wife, Sharon, his children, Johnny (eleven), Suzie (seven) and Roger (three months), their dog, Rover, and their cat, Fluffy. Sharon was a qualified hairdresser, but she’d cut back to three mornings a week when the kids came along.

The Stevens Family was a happy family. On weekends they always went for a family outing – to the beach or park in summer, or if the weather was cold they would go to a matinee at their local