A non-parole period of approximately 75% of the head sentence is within the reasonable range, albeit at the high end, for serious drug cultivation and money laundering offences where the offender has a prior drug offending history and was found to be an untruthful witness. There are no hard and fast rules as to the proportion of the non-parole period to the head sentence; every case is to be decided on its own facts.
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