Australia, July 22 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 20:
1. ADAMSON JA: I have had the benefit of reading the reasons of Hamill J in draft and agree with the orders proposed by his Honour and, substantially, with his reasons, save for the following matter. I do not agree that the sentence imposed was "very heavy", having regard to the sentencing considerations, including, most significantly, the objective seriousness of the conduct and the "guideposts" (Muldrock v The Queen (2011) 244 CLR 120; [2011] HCA 39 at [27]) of the maximum penalty and standard non-parole period.
2. As Hamill J has acknowledged and the High Court has said on many occasions, statistics may indicate a "range"...