When assessing whether a supervision order should be maintained despite a breach under s 22(2) of the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), the court will look beyond the apparent triviality of the breach itself to the offender's changed attitude towards risk factors, rejection of treatment, and the likelihood of future non-compliance. The dissipation of therapeutic gains that underpinned the original supervision order may be sufficient to establish that the onus under s 22(2) has not been discharged.
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