The WASCA has not determined whether gambling addiction can reduce the weight given to general deterrence in Western Australia, but has assumed that if it can, it would only be in unusual, uncommon or exceptional circumstances. A gambling compulsion of short duration, not established to involve a mental disorder, and accompanied by other substance abuse, will not meet that threshold. The question of principle remains open for Western Australia.
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