When sentencing for future assistance to authorities under s 21E of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), the discount must be applied as a discrete deduction from both the head sentence and the non-parole period, not as a single lump-sum deduction from the non-parole period alone. A 25% discount for future assistance was appropriate where the offender undertook to give evidence against co-offenders in importation proceedings involving a commercial quantity of cocaine (2.96 kg pure).
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