A discrepancy between an orally pronounced sentence and the formally recorded order, where the oral pronouncement is clear, constitutes a clerical error correctable under s 104A of the Sentencing Act 1991 and does not re-open the sentencing discretion. In sentencing for grooming offences under s 474.27 of the Criminal Code (Cth), the use of sexually explicit language directed at a person believed to be a child is an aggravating factor going to moral culpability, and geographic remoteness from the supposed victim is irrelevant where the offender's sexual objectives did not depend on physical contact.
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