Lindt cafe siege inquest exposes 'crisis of leadership' in NSW police
The coronial inquiry into the Lindt cafe siege has revealed deep concerns about the leadership of the NSW Police.
Deborah Snow is a senior writer with The Sydney Morning Herald and a former federal political reporter for the Australian Financial Review. She has also served as foreign correspondent for ABC-TV in Moscow and London, and as a reporter on Four Corners.
The coronial inquiry into the Lindt cafe siege has revealed deep concerns about the leadership of the NSW Police.
"We will never know." After hours of questioning at the Lindt cafe inquest on Wednesday, this was the essence of Commissioner Andrew Scipione's many (and at times convoluted) answers to one of the key questions which has hung over this inquiry since its inception.
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