An appeal by way of rehearing under s 43(1) of the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld) requires the appellant to demonstrate appellable error; the appellate court cannot substitute its own view merely because it would have reached a different conclusion. A single breach of a supervision order direction — even one not involving reoffending — may support rescission of the order and imposition of continuing detention where the breach demonstrates the prisoner's unwillingness to be bound by the order's constraints, though the administrative burden on Corrective Services in supervising the prisoner should not weigh heavily against the prisoner's liberty.
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