"In Australia..."
Ha ha; oh, if I had a dollar for every time...!
Kind of like an aviation Galapagos Islands, it has a evolved differently to the rest of the world due to its isolation. I am joking of course, but you have to admit there is a grain of truth to it with regards the beaurocracy!
I recall an occasion during a stint in G/A after leaving the military (where policy was nav lights stay on) a colleague was off on his first job in a Seneca (I think). He came up on the company frequency saying "Help! I can't get a gear down indication". Spent 20 minutes cycling the gear and generally troubleshooting before the Chief Pilot came in, yawned, then picked up the mic and said " you wouldn't have your nav lights on by any chance would you?".
"Er, yeah....Oh!"