After the 2014 Sydney Martin Place Siege , there was a petition on Change.org for further tightening of the NSW bail laws . The gunman , Man Haron Monis , was out on bail at the time of the attack , and determining why this was so was investigated in the inquest . Brad Hazzard stated that if the amendments from 2014 had been in force , it was " very unlikely " that Monis would have been free , but Greg Barns of the Australian Lawyers Alliance stated that the laws " already undermine fundamental human rights " and that " changes made to those laws in the past two years might not have made any difference "
2014 Sydney Martin Place Siege
2014 Sydney hostage crisis
Bail Act 2013