But a little research may just enlighten you and remind us of the process.
This comes from the Parliament House web-site.
I imagine that this could be relied on CP.
Preparation of a bill
A bill, which is a formal document prepared in the form of a draft Act, is no more than a proposal for a law or a change to the law. A bill becomes an Act—a law—only after it has been passed in identical form by both Houses of the Parliament and has been assented to by the Governor-General.
The original ideas for government legislation come from various sources. They may result from party policy, perhaps announced during an election campaign, from suggestions by Members and Senators or from interest groups in the community.
Many proposals, especially those of a routine nature which may be thought of as matters of administrative necessity, originate in government departments.
In whichever way a proposal originates it is considered by Cabinet or the Prime Minister and, if agreed to, the Minister responsible has his or her department arrange preparation of a bill. Bills are drafted by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel in accordance with detailed instructions issued by departments.
Draft bills are usually examined by government party committees on which Members of Parliament belonging to the governing party or parties serve. The Parliamentary Business Committee of Cabinet determines the program of bills to be introduced for each parliamentary sitting period.
Maybe this is the reason casa employ the "Project basis", but sorry I would be telling someone who was a casa person [maybe] how the process really works.
For us mere plebs, it probably works like this:
FF thought bubble
"Wonder how many people had too much ....... much last night"
"Are there any regs that cover that???"
New FF thought bubble:
"I know - Lets have a new project to make sure the plebs don't do that again"
FF completes a part and the process starts:
Including "Notices, consultation and the rest" that FF ignores when it arrives.
The great un-washed get another tosser idea, via the Department head.