Sentences for child sexual offences imposed before the 2003 amendments to the Criminal Code and Penalties and Sentences Act must now be regarded as generally inadequate comparators, and sentencing judges must give primary regard to the factors in s 9(6) of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld), particularly those directed to the child victim and potential victims, as the starting points for the sentencing task. The Serious Violent Offence provisions in s 161C only engage the 80 per cent parole postponement where the cumulative total of 10 years or more is comprised entirely of scheduled offences, not where the total includes non-scheduled offences.
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