The principle that imprisonment should be imposed only as a last resort and that community-based sentences are preferable no longer applies to offences involving violence in Queensland. The increase in the maximum penalty for occasioning bodily harm to 10 years requires that such offences be treated with increased seriousness. Youth and absence of prior convictions, while relevant, carry less weight for violent offences than they once did.
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