So is it ever OK to entirely remove core sentencing principles? No, it's absolutely horrific. Some people might say: well, perhaps you can do it if you justify it, but that hasn't been done here. In fact, if you look at the minority reports on this bill, there is no mention of some of these principles and why they're justifiably removed. In terms of judicial discretion, the National Party minority report argues that judges can still choose whether or not to apply three strikes if it would be manifestly unjust to do so. They are ignoring the submissions of those who work the closest to the ground, who told us that this threshold was far too high. It doesn't amount to proper discretion. So they've turned their heads away from the principles. 