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Parente v R [2017] NSWCCA 284

This full-bench decision of the Court of Criminal Appeal (‘CCA’), which follows a recent line of cases previously reported in these pages, finally overturns the so-called ‘principle’ or ‘rule’ which meant that involvement in trafficking of drugs to a substantial degree must lead to fulltime custody

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