The exceptional circumstances threshold for family hardship in sentencing for Victorian State offences, as stated in Markovic v The Queen, remains settled law and is not displaced by ss 17 and 32 of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 or by the construction of s 16A(2)(p) of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) in Totaan v The Queen.
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