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Home
About us
What we do
Meet the Council
Policy documents and tabled documents
Privacy and information management policy
Our work
About sentencing
Sentencing hearing
Purposes of sentencing
Factors in sentencing
Penalties
Guideline judgments
Parole and appeal
Current projects
Victims' involvement in the sentencing process
Submissions
News and media
Hot topics
Can adverse media coverage reduce a sentence?
Lowering Indigenous Imprisonment Rates in NSW
For students
2018 HSC exam
2017 HSC exam
2016 HSC exam
2015 HSC exam
2014 HSC exam
2013 HSC exam
2012 HSC exam
2011 HSC exam
Contact us
Join our mailing list
Making a submission
Completed projects
Currently selected
Domestic violence sentencing
Intensive correction orders
Submissions
Bail - Additional show cause offences
Submissions
Alcohol and drug fuelled violence
Submissions
Child sexual assault sentencing
Standard non-parole periods (2013)
Submissions
Sentencing Trends & Practices
Sentencing Information Package
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Firearm offences and the standard non-parole period scheme
Report
Published in May 2004, this report considered recent firearms offences and sentencing trends and practices and made a number of recommendations, including adding offences to the SNPSS.
Download:
Firearms Offences and the Standard Non-Parole Sentencing Scheme [PDF 611KB]
Government response
Extract from Hansard: Firearms and Crimes Legislation Amendment (Public Safety) Bill - Second Reading: 12 November 2003 (PDF, 25KB)
Fairfield Area Shooting Incidents [PDF 22KB]
Question without notice: 15 October 2003
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