Importation under s 233B(1)(d) of the Customs Act 1901 (Cth) is a continuing process that extends to making imported goods available, including breaking open containers and the presence of goods at the place of receipt, but does not extend to activities directed solely to persuading overseas suppliers that drugs were not lost in Australia, obtaining documentation for that purpose, or advising co-offenders about eliminating evidence. Payment of persons who assisted in the physical importation constitutes knowing concern in the importation. A repealed statutory sentencing discount (s 16G of the Crimes Act 1914) should not be applied after repeal merely because co-offenders received the benefit before repeal, and Crown concessions on points of law do not bind the sentencing court.
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