It will significantly expand the eligibility of offences that we don't really think about when we think about violent offenders. The scope of offences that is captured by the current prohibitions against CSOs is staggering. It includes things like forging a passport, contraventions of the Competition Act and other offences that one does not associate with the serious offending that it was said to be targeted towards. It will unlock CSOs for a number of offences for which it would be appropriate.
I reiterate what I said earlier today. This is only about giving more discretion, not less. If jail is appropriate, be it under two years or over two years, that discretion will remain the same. That includes offences like drinking and driving causing death. That's an offence for which the range of sentences across this country is in the years and sometimes double digits.