A 20 per cent discount for a guilty plea entered at the committal stage is within the permissible range for Commonwealth offences under the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), which does not prescribe a hierarchy of reductions. An overall non-parole period of 76 per cent of combined head sentences is not disproportionate for serious and persistent national and international drug trafficking. Where a conspiracy to import drugs fails and the quantity intended for importation cannot be established, that uncertainty is a significant factor militating against a prosecution appeal.
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