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Now playing Next world news Families of Sydney cafe siege victims visit the scene There have been emotional scenes in Australia, as the families of the hostages killed in the Sydney cafe siege visited the field of flowers laid out 18/12/2014
Now playing Next world news Australia security laws probed as inquiry begins into Sydney hostage tragedy Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has launched an official investigation into the deadly hostage drama in a Sydney café, as questions are asked as to why the hostage-taker was free on bail. 17/12/2014
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Now playing Next world news Australia mourns the victims of the Sydney Siege A country in mourning – Australia pays tribute to the victims of siege in Sydney. Two of the 17 hostages died alongside the gunman when heavily armed 16/12/2014
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Now playing Next world news Sydney siege: Australians react to the hostage drama With the siege in Sydney still underway, heavily armed police surround the Lindt cafe in Martin Place. The area will remain in lockdown until 15/12/2014
Now playing Next world news Australia: two hostages and gunman dead after police storm Sydney siege café A hostage crisis in Sydney, Australia, has come to a dramatic and tragic end, 16 hours after it first began 15/12/2014
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Now playing Next world news Gunman takes hostages inside a Sydney cafe Armed police mount a standoff against a gunman who takes dozens hostage in a possible Islamist terror attack 15/12/2014
Now playing Next no comment Coral Spawning The full moon in early December coupled with 28-degree Celsius sea temperatures triggered perfect conditions for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to 13/12/2014
Now playing Next world news Surprise Australian pledge helps UN climate change fund reach target described climate change science as "absolute crap". Meanwhile Canada has said it will refuse to force its oil and gas industry to reduce greenhouse 10/12/2014
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