The absence of actual child victims in a s 474.19(1) Criminal Code (Cth) offence involving written child pornography material does not preclude an assessment of mid-range objective seriousness where the content is highly sexualised and explicit. The seriousness of the offence of transmission is necessarily informed by the nature and content of the material itself, and the sentencing judge is entitled to have regard to the possibility of dissemination to vulnerable recipients.
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