The avoidance of a 'crushing' sentence is not a separate sentencing principle but a particular expression of the rehabilitation objective. Where a terrorism offender has been found to have genuinely renounced extremist ideology and has reasonable prospects of rehabilitation, community protection and specific deterrence are of much less importance, and the sentence is directed principally to just punishment, denunciation and general deterrence. Following Totaan, s 16A(2)(p) of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) does not require family hardship to be 'exceptional' before being taken into account.
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