The impact of a sentence upon an offender's family members is only mitigating in exceptional circumstances, and bare assertions from the bar table without supporting evidence are insufficient to establish such circumstances. A total effective sentence of 4 years' imprisonment for persistent fraud offending over five years involving over $500,000 and repeated breaches of court orders does not infringe the totality principle.
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