Crimes Act 1914

Part IB - Sentencing, imprisonment and release of federal offenders  

Division 5 - Conditional release on parole or licence  

Subdivision A - Release on parole or licence  

SECTION 19ALA   Matters that may be considered in decisions about parole orders  

(1)    
In making a decision under section 19AL in relation to a person, the Attorney-General may have regard to any of the following matters that are known to the Attorney-General and relevant to the decision:

(a)    the risk to the community of releasing the person on parole;

(b)    the person ' s conduct while serving his or her sentence;

(c)    whether the person has satisfactorily completed programs ordered by a court or recommended by the relevant State or Territory corrective services or parole agency;

(d)    the likely effect on the victim, or victim ' s family, of releasing the person on parole;

(e)    the nature and circumstances of the offence to which the person ' s sentence relates;

(f)    any comments made by the sentencing court;

(g)    the person ' s criminal history;

(h)    any report or information in relation to the granting of parole that has been provided by the relevant State or Territory corrective services or parole agency;

(i)    the behaviour of the person when subject to any previous parole order or licence;

(j)    the likelihood that the person will comply with the conditions of the parole order;

(k)    whether releasing the person on parole is likely to assist the person to adjust to lawful community life;

(l)    whether the length of the parole period is sufficient to achieve the purposes of parole;

(m)    any special circumstances, including the likelihood that the person will be subject to removal or deportation upon release.

(2)    
Subsection (1) does not limit the matters that the Attorney-General may consider in making a decision under section 19AL .