In Australia, most major criminal matters are handled at the state level.

The Commonwealth Director of Prosecutions has form for this. They don't do much other than welfare fraud cases, and so when they get a brief that's actually interesting for a change, they tend to go full ham.

Whether it's actually in the public interest for them to prosecute isn't a factor they seem to give much consideration.

Another recent fiasco caused by their heavy handedness: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/...