When fixing parole eligibility dates for cumulative sentences under s 160F of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld), the sentencing judge must consider the effect of the parole eligibility date on the entire period of imprisonment, not merely the term currently being imposed. Setting parole eligibility at one-third of a new cumulative sentence may produce a manifestly excessive result if it requires the offender to serve an unjustifiably large proportion of the total period of imprisonment before becoming eligible for parole. However, the totality principle does not require an arithmetical reduction by the precise amount of time already served.
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