Where a co-offender's sentence has been reduced on appeal and there is very little to distinguish the applicant from the co-offender in terms of offending, role, rehabilitation prospects and family circumstances, the parity principle requires a corresponding reduction. The effect of family hardship under s 16A(2)(p) of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), where marginal, may be subsumed within the parity analysis rather than requiring separate adjustment.
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