Commonwealth tax fraud offences involving large sums over a prolonged period generally call for actual imprisonment, even where the offender's mental health conditions substantially reduce moral culpability. Good rehabilitation prospects and unlikelihood of reoffending address personal deterrence but do not displace the requirements of general deterrence and denunciation in such cases.
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