Following the introduction of s 442B Crimes Act 1900 and s 5DA Criminal Appeal Act 1912, sentencing judges should include the arithmetic by which they arrive at the sentence, identifying the starting point and quantifying the discount for assistance to authorities. Failure to do so may leave the offender with a sense of grievance and expose the sentence to appellate review. Imprisonment in protection, drug dependence, and the need for supervised community transition are capable of constituting special circumstances under s 5(2) of the Sentencing Act 1989.
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