A total effective sentence of 5 years' imprisonment for 55 street-level drug dealing offences (predominantly offering to sell or supply methylamphetamine totalling approximately 11.9 grams) committed over approximately 2.5 months while on bail does not infringe the first limb of the totality principle. Drug dealing motivated by financial stress and the need to fund personal drug use is not a mitigating factor.
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