No, I don't think the Australian government is honest. I think the Australian government wants to tell a lie that all of his citizens have no criminal records if the criminal records were 'spent' under the State/Territory legislations because he wants all of the his citizens to travel to anywhere (esp. USA, Canada, UK, New Zealand) without troubles.
How can overseas countries (esp. USA, Canada, UK, New Zealand) tolerate the Australian government tell a lie that the Australians have no criminal records?
For example, if the Australians threaten to kill, attack and rape the very senior government officials, sexual assault with an underage girl (e.g. 12 years old), use a very dangerous weapon to attack a person or a police officer, and the sentence was not an imprisonment, they can be protected by the spent conviction laws in Australia.
If the Australians have very serious criminal records (see the above examples), but the police certificates still do not show the criminal records ("spent"), how can overseas countries (esp. USA, Canada, UK, New Zealand) tolerate about that?
Can anyone clarify my questions? I hope the retired immigration officers can answer my questions.