Where an offender faces almost inevitable deportation under s 501 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth), partial suspension of a sentence of five years or less is more appropriate than fixing a parole eligibility date, because meaningful parole supervision is illusory. A factual error by the sentencing judge (here, incorrectly stating the offender was on parole at the time of offending) requires the appellate court to resentence.
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