A sentencing judge dealing with federal offences in New South Wales is not required to quantify the s 16G adjustment for absence of remissions; it is sufficient to indicate that s 16G has been considered and given effect to. The analogy with quantification of discounts for assistance to authorities does not apply to s 16G adjustments. Co-offenders convicted of markedly different numbers of offences arising from the same course of conduct should not receive identical sentences.
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