For federal drug importation offences, the range of non-parole periods customarily imposed (60-66%) cannot as a matter of statutory construction exceed 75% on a proportionate basis, that figure being reserved by s 19AG for the most serious offences. However, sentencing factors counting against rehabilitation can increase both the head sentence and the proportion of the non-parole period. A sentencing judge is not required to give separate reasons for a high non-parole period; the sentencing reasons stand as reasons for both the head sentence and the non-parole period.
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