This " tongue-in-cheek " humoristic article is worthy of recognition indeed. Tim tells a good yarn - sans all the plethora of jingoistic euphemisms our Politicians, and Australian's-of-the-Year, are so hyped up about today.

There's an old aussie saying, that rings true, even today: " after Politicians, used-car salesmen, quacks, and estate agents, nothing they spruik or do - is further from the truth, as we know it. Blind Freddie, Ned Kelly, Pirillo Ponzi etc, have nothing on these " fabricators of the truth " advocates. Odd, because there is NO shortage of aspirants fighting tooth and nail, and over every dog's body, to get there ? There must be something in their soup or makeup, to want to aspire to those dizzy heights ?

Tim's proverbial " nurse Betty " is very much alive and well, and after the horrendous Queensland Floods, will be at the forefront of peddling their mischief - wholesale. Again.

I have been a victim of their sales pitch, many years after the 1974 debacle, and the irony is, State Authorities ie. Fair Trading, R E Institute, Attorney General etc have accepted the ' status quo ' and are quite happy, and equivocal to go along with the charade ?

As a practicing Lawyer, T O, must come across this atrocious anomaly daily, and for want of trying is the deception permissible and acceptable ? We know, it's an unconsciousable Act, but, at the end of the Day - just what are we doing about it ?

That Nurse Betty conspired and fully participated in this " susceptible practice " speaks volumes. It doesn't make it fit and proper because everybody is doing it. That generally people have short memories. Fact remains, that a time will eventuate, soon, when people will sue for false advertising, fabrication, and blatant falsehoods, when they knowingly conspire to commit a criminal Act, and felony.

For all her chicanery Nurse Betty got her just deserts.

Bully for her !