Indicative sentences for individual counts within an aggregate sentence must reflect the legislative guideposts of maximum penalty and standard non-parole period relative to the assessed objective seriousness; a failure to do so will result in a manifestly inadequate aggregate sentence. Where an offender is sentenced for separate offences involving entirely separate conduct, some element of accumulation is required as a matter of principle even where the individual sentences are not themselves manifestly inadequate. Offences contrary to s 319 of the Crimes Act committed in the context of child sexual abuse prosecutions, particularly where the offender solicits a family member to pressure a child complainant to withdraw, strike at the core of the administration of justice and attract a high need for general deterrence.
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