The totality principle in environmental sentencing should be applied to all related offences assessed collectively, including offences of different quality (such as PIRMP offences) that arise from the same events, following the approach in Jindalee Road Wines. A one in twenty-year rainfall event is not unprecedented and dealing with such events should be part of operational planning; it does not excuse failure to maintain water management infrastructure.
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