Not really sure there is much to be gained from all this aussie bashing and stereotyping, as TheYowie said it is the same all over and every country has is elements that really encompass the less desirable facets of it culture. Look at the UK, fuck you think aussies are bad, you should try spending some time in an inner London borough and seeing how the some of the people there conduct themselves or how brits behave abroad on holiday, it's quite depressing. What has struck me on here is there seems to a disproportionate number of aussie related threads and posts that just reinforce the stereotypical image others have of us. There are good and bad everywhere, I really don't subscribe to the assertion we are any worse than others, we just seem to go about things in a less considered and informed manner. I seriously doubt aussies are scamming anymore than other countries, I think that's just become an established 'fact' because it gets put out there and anything that gets repeated enough seems to gain legitimacy regardless of any verifiable facts. This then get's exploited and around and around we go.