The case confirms that a sentencing judge's assessment of rehabilitation prospects and risk of reoffending will not be disturbed where the findings are based on and consistent with the expert evidence tendered. The question whether the 'constrained approach' from R v O'Donoghue (requiring a factual finding to be 'not open' before error is established) is correct was expressly left open, with Bathurst CJ making tentative observations that it may be inconsistent with Kentwell v The Queen.
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