Sentences for commercial quantity drug trafficking under s 302.2(1) of the Criminal Code (Cth) involving quantities just above the threshold tend to approach double figures, with a sentence of 10 years and 6 months for a supplier role being comfortably within range. Section 6AAA statements remain irrelevant to parity analysis and cannot be compared between offenders to demonstrate inequality of treatment. The parity principle applies between participants in the same drug enterprise even where they are not co-offenders on the same charge, but identical sentences may be justified where differences in role and quantity are offsetting.
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