Where a slavery offence under s 270.3 of the Criminal Code and an aggravated immigration offence under s 245AC of the Migration Act arise from substantially the same conduct, the sentencing court must address the overlap to avoid double punishment. The available options include recording a conviction without further punishment on the overlapping count, reducing the sentence on the overlapping count, or using concurrency. The correct maximum penalty for attempting to pervert the course of justice under s 43 of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) prior to the 2011 amendments was 5 years, not 10 years.
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