Lindt Cafe siege inquest highlights need for police to change their closed-off culture

The New South Wales coroner, Michael Barnes, made 45 recommendations in his report on the Lindt Cafe siege.

• Terry Goldsworthy
• The Conversation

These recommendations, released on Wednesday, mainly deal with police procedures and responses to terrorist incidents like the siege, which resulted in the deaths of two hostages and the offender in Sydney in 2014.

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