A sentencing judge's failure to consider family hardship under s 16A(2)(p) due to the pre-Totaan 'exceptional hardship' requirement constitutes appealable error, but the resentencing exercise may result in the same sentence; separately, s 19AB(1) of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) requires separate sentences for each federal offence with a single non-parole period, and a single sentence for multiple counts is structurally erroneous.
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