Well done Malcolm. I've enjoyed your previous articles too. I couldn't find Republic Media in Australia ( only in UK).

Maybe this problem with CVs [ or should we say telling the truth] explains a lot.
ABC news bulletins written by people who haven't learned English properly, and thus use supposed verbs like 'to task" or "to gift"
People in executive positions with enormous problems of competence- try the public transport heads in New South Wales. Incompetent- because they weren't properly evaluated and cvs checked?

If CVs can't be checked up on, what kind of people are running so many firms and organisations??

Thanks again- nice piece

Surely a employer can ask for orginal evidence of results for a qualification along with references. Universities will suppy these for a small fee.

Should an applicant genuinely want a postion, this would not be an imposition.

In some areas of employment it would be unsafe, indeed could be dangerous, to employ
a person who is not qualified for the job, as indeed other posters have pointed out.

The employer has an obligation to ensure that the applicant has the necessary qualifications to fulfil the job brief.

I wrote on one of my CV's that I was a nookclear fishycyst.

I never got the job.

I considered my application valid, simply because I showed enthusiasm in taking the trouble to apply!