Full cumulation of sentences does not offend the totality principle where the offences are separate and distinct in nature and time, even where they share the same victim and arise in the same family violence context. The onus lies on the offender to demonstrate that a compensation order would compromise rehabilitation, and a compensation order for the full amount of loss directly caused by intentional criminal conduct is not manifestly excessive merely because the offender has limited means.
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