00:00Today marks 10 years since what became known as the Lint Cafe siege concluded in the early
00:08hours of December 16th.
00:09Here in Martin Place today it is clear that that day still casts a shadow over the city
00:15of Sydney.
00:16During the almost 17 hours that hostages were held inside the Lint Cafe by a lone gunman,
00:22Tori Johnson, the cafe manager, and Katrina Dawson, a barrister, lost their lives.
00:28Ms Dawson's family were here this morning to remember their loved one and were accompanied
00:33by the New South Wales Premier, Chris Minns, the New South Wales Governor, Margaret Beasley,
00:37along with the Governor-General, Sam Mostyn, and Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese.
00:43The Prime Minister spoke not long after he paid his tributes and here is what he had
00:47to say.
00:48To those who were injured and all those who were traumatised by this catastrophic event,
00:56it is a time to remember them and to pay our respects.
01:02It's also a time to pay our respects to the first responders who responded so quickly
01:09and so bravely.
01:13And Elinia, the Police Commissioner has also been there today.
01:17How have the commemorations been received?
01:21Yes, that's correct, Mel.
01:24Not long after Anthony Albanese spoke of the bravery of first responders as the events
01:28unfolded, we saw Police Commissioner Karen Webb come and lay a wreath of her own and
01:33pay respects to the victims before she spoke of how this event changed the way the police
01:37force as a whole deals with PTSD.
01:41I'm pleased to say that I think we've made a lot of progress in the last 10 years and
01:49I can't turn back the clock, of course, but I do think we've made some improvements.
01:55Of course, PTSD affects not only first responders, but obviously those people who were hostages
02:00and others involved in that terrible incident 10 years ago.
02:04And so how we respond and help our officers has greatly improved since that time.
02:11Not just treatment and recognition of PTSD, but also our operational response has improved
02:17since then.
02:20It is expected the tributes here at Martin Place will continue to grow.
02:26Throughout the course of the day, we've seen hundreds of passerbys stop and take note of
02:31the tributes, read the notes attached to the floral bouquets and just take a moment to
02:35themselves to remember those whose lives were permanently altered and lost in the siege
02:42a decade ago.
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