A strong circumstantial prosecution case for large-scale drug importation offences carrying life imprisonment will weigh heavily against showing cause under s 16A of the Bail Act 2013 (NSW), and family hardship, business damage, delay, electronic monitoring and substantial sureties may be insufficient to discharge the onus. Electronic monitoring by private providers such as Attenti is regarded as an unreliable safeguard against flight risk in serious drug importation cases.
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