Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Senator McKim, obviously I am not familiar with the particular circumstances of that case. What we're talking about here is aggregate sentences that are of more than 12 months. My understanding, on the advice I've just been given—and I'm happy to come back to you after further examination if this isn't correct—is that if, on appeal, that sentence were to fall below that 12-month mark then that would not be enough to trigger mandatory cancellation. So the sentence on appeal would be taken into account. That's the advice I've been given. If that is not correct, I'll come back to you.