For offences of supplying a large commercial quantity of prohibited drugs, financial gain of $2,000 in the context of a $1.2 million transaction does not constitute financial gain exceeding what is inherent in the offence and cannot be treated as an aggravating factor under s 21A(2)(o). Where a sentencing judge has carefully structured proportional sentences between co-offenders and one co-offender's sentence is substantially reduced on appeal, the court must intervene to re-establish proper proportions for an applicant who has raised a parity ground.
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