When sentencing for multiple offences with differential guilty plea discounts under s 10C, the preferred approach is to group offences by applicable discount rate, apply s 18A to each group, and then consider concurrency — rather than imposing individual notional sentences for each offence. Imposing identical notional sentences for similar offences without regard to the personal circumstances of the offender is erroneous. The approach in R v [name withheld] of first determining individual sentences is not mandated, and in cases of numerous offences comprising a course of conduct, accumulating individual sentences may introduce an 'air of unreality' to the sentencing process.
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