A reporting order under s 19(2) of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1945 (Qld) cannot be made where the only psychiatric evidence indicates the offender is unlikely to re-offend and the sentencing judge does not make the requisite finding of substantial risk or advert to the contrary evidence. Concurrent sentences of seven years' imprisonment for two counts of maintaining an unlawful sexual relationship involving stepdaughters aged 4-12 over periods of 18 months and four and a half years, including attempted intercourse, are within the permissible range.
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