An offender's very serious criminal antecedents, including repeated offending during each period of release from custody, significantly increase the weight to be given to personal deterrence and community protection as sentencing considerations for child pornography offences under s 474.19 of the Criminal Code (Cth), and may justify sentences that are comparatively high relative to the nature and quantity of the material accessed. However, the sentence must remain proportionate to the current crime and cannot be increased beyond proportionality merely to extend the period of community protection.
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