A failure to specify a non-parole period for a standard non-parole period offence in an aggregate sentence may, depending on the circumstances, reflect a failure to advert to the non-parole period that might have been set had individual sentences been imposed, and may have the capacity to impact the total sentence — the broader statements in Ibbotson should not be taken as establishing that such a failure can never affect the outcome.
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