Where an offender is convicted of multiple counts of ongoing supply under s 25A of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 relating to successive monthly periods, making all sentences entirely concurrent is erroneous where the offender elected to continue offending, as this fails to reflect the additional criminality of each successive month of supply. Staggering of non-parole periods is an appropriate mechanism to achieve a proper effective sentence.
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