A sentencing judge may reflect mitigating factors including a timely guilty plea in a reduction of the head sentence without also fixing an early parole eligibility date, and is not required to foreshadow this approach before pronouncing sentence. A timely but not early guilty plea that does not evidence remorse does not give rise to a 'claim' for parole eligibility earlier than the statutory default midpoint under s 184(2) of the Corrective Services Act 2006 (Qld).
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