A sentencing judge who fixes a non-parole period at approximately 60 per cent of the head sentence does not thereby apply an impermissible 'norm' contrary to Hili v The Queen, where the proportion results from parity considerations with co-offenders rather than from any rule of thumb. For commercial quantity MDMA importation (more than 10 times the commercial quantity), head sentences of 12 years (for a significant participant) and 9 years (for a lesser but vital participant) with non-parole periods at approximately 60 per cent are within range where neither applicant had the benefit of cooperation, guilty plea, or remorse.
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