Where State and Commonwealth child pornography offences arise from different manifestations of the same course of conduct, and the material subject to the downloading offence is included in the possession charge, the sentences should be wholly concurrent. A sentencing judge who allows less than the maximum guilty plea discount must provide reasons for doing so. A wholly suspended sentence may be appropriate for serious child pornography offences where the material was predominantly at the lowest classification level, the offender pleaded guilty early, cooperated with police, has a low risk of re-offending, and has voluntarily entered into a strict supervision regime.
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