A sentence of 8 years 6 months (non-parole period 4 years 6 months) for concurrent supply of amphetamine (922.9g, just below large commercial quantity) and methylamphetamine (383.3g, almost double commercial quantity) was within range where the offender was a courier motivated by drug debt rather than profit but whose participation fell well above street-level courier, with 25% discount for early guilty pleas and finding of special circumstances. The observation in Hill v R that a sentence was 'incongruously at odds' with a strong subjective case is not a statement of principle and does not apply where the sentencing judge expressly considered all subjective circumstances.
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