The totality principle does not require a sentencing judge to expressly refer to every specific aspect of the principle identified by the offender; it is sufficient that the judge was mindful of the principle and its application is implicit from the remarks on sentence. An offender's advanced age and ill-health, including a short life expectancy, must be weighed against the objective gravity of the offending and do not preclude sentences that may result in the offender spending the remainder of their life in custody. Where an offender's health deteriorates post-sentence, the appropriate remedy is an application to the Parole Authority under s 160 of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 (NSW), not appellate intervention.
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