Where an offender faces a large number of related federal offences involving the same level of criminality, a sentencing judge may group offences and fix the same sentence for each offence within a group without contravening Pearce v The Queen. Co-operation with Proceeds of Crime Act orders is relevant to contrition under s 16A(2)(f) but may be qualified by the offender's untruthful evidence and personal gain. The suggestion in older authorities that white collar crime warrants a substantial gap between head sentence and non-parole period is out of step with current community standards.
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