The assessment of objective seriousness of an offence is quintessentially for the sentencing judge and is only reviewable on House v The Queen principles, including where the sentencing judge has factored in duress to reduce the assessment. The parity principle applies to co-offenders charged with different offences arising from the same criminal conduct, but comparison must account for the application of the totality principle. A sentencing judge's decision not to backdate a sentence for onerous bail conditions is not vitiated where the judge was aware of the full bail history and based the decision on the nature rather than the precise duration of the conditions.
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