In the public service where I worked for a few years, any action taken by the Government involving an individual or company required simply reams of paperwork - documentation in detail of every action taken in a timeline with supporting evidence, an entire spotless, consistent paper trail leading logically and truthfully to the action proposed, be it prosecution or the awarding of a contract. There was absolutely no room for the weasel words “appropriate”, “acceptable” or “discretion” those words were reserved for the Minister alone to use. As public servants we were expected and required to follow exact rules to the letter.
I checked with a Police officer relative the other day, their instructions are identical, for defence lawyers are capable of destroying a case purely on a single error in page numbering in a hundred page document (the Catholic Church are apparently masters at this).
One wonders if CASAs standards are the same?