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‹ Order of Business Debate on sentencing policy
Summary
Senators support a sentencing debate and note that the Director of Public Prosecutions may appeal lenient sentences, while the Chair bars discussion of individual judgments.
I join colleagues in saying I would very much welcome a debate on sentencing and the interesting restorative justice proposal put forward by Senator Conway. We must have regard to the fact that the judge gave such clear reasons as to the reason he came up with this particular sentence.
Comment on this
We are not, but it seems all the other speakers have discussed it.