The prospect of deportation is not a relevant sentencing consideration for sexual offences, as it is the product of an entirely separate legislative policy area and taking it into account would produce a regime under which non-permanent residents are sentenced more leniently than Australians. In intra-family sexual assault cases, the dominant sentencing considerations remain punishment and deterrence, and favourable antecedents carry limited mitigatory weight. A sentence of 8 years' imprisonment for two counts of sexual penetration of a 6-year-old de facto child on a single occasion is within the appropriate range.
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