For Commonwealth drug importation offences sentenced in Queensland, the non-parole period should be set consistently with the practice in other jurisdictions of fixing it at approximately 60-66% of the head sentence, notwithstanding that Queensland's usual sentencing practice on a plea of guilty involves setting the non-parole period at or before the half-way mark. The Queensland statutory regime for automatic parole eligibility at the half-way mark has no application, direct or indirect, to the fixing of non-parole periods for federal offences. This practice of setting non-parole periods beyond the half-way mark does not appear to extend to Commonwealth offences that do not involve drugs.
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