When a sentencing judge imposes a sentence for an offence committed in breach of a suspended sentence and orders the sentences to be served cumulatively, the judge must review the aggregate sentence against the totality principle to determine whether the total is just and appropriate. The decision as to parole release or eligibility date must be considered as part of the single discretionary judgment under s 147(2) of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld), not as a separate exercise. An offender who confesses to criminal conduct that was otherwise unknown to police merits special leniency in sentencing.
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