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Yeah highest that people could get then
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Thousands of people have continued to add to the growing floral tributes in Martin Place, according to reports from Sydney.
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As night falls, the queue of ppl wanting to lay flowers now extends about a block. #Sydneysiege
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Thousands of people have continued to add to the growing floral tributes in Martin Place, according to reports from Sydney.
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As night falls, the queue of ppl wanting to lay flowers now extends about a block. #Sydneysiege
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Australia’s communications minister Malcolm Turnbull, choked back tears as he urged Australians not to be “corrupted by hatred”, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Speaking after attending the mass for the victims at St Mary’s Cathedral, Turnball said:
I thought today’s service was so beautiful. Because it was all about love. It was about that love, that love of God ... the loving example of Jesus that should inspire us all not to be corrupted by hatred and violence, and to remain united as Australians, now and forever.
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Australia’s communications minister Malcolm Turnbull, choked back tears as he urged Australians not to be “corrupted by hatred”, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Speaking after attending the mass for the victims at St Mary’s Cathedral, Turnball said:
I thought today’s service was so beautiful. Because it was all about love. It was about that love, that love of God ... the loving example of Jesus that should inspire us all not to be corrupted by hatred and violence, and to remain united as Australians, now and forever.
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etails about nine of the 17 hostages caught up in the siege have been published by the Australian news agency AAP. It has these pen portraits, starting with the two victims.
Katrina Dawson
The 38-year-old mother of three died after a shootout erupted when police stormed the Martin Place cafe. She was a barrister at Eight Selborne Chambers and a former star student at Ascham girls school.
Tori Johnson
The 34-year-old Lindt cafe manager and former Terrigal High School student died on the way to hospital. There were reports he tried to wrestle the weapon from the gunman. He was remembered as a dedicated professional who put his staff first
Marcia Mikhael
The Westpac employee from Sydney’s west had a chilling post appear on her social media account at the height of the hostage crisis.
“The man who is keeping us hostage has asked for small and simple requests and none have been met,” the Facebook post read.
“He is now threatening to start killing us.”
The post was taken down not long after.
The 43-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to her leg and underwent surgery on Tuesday.
Stefan Balafoutis
A barrister at the Tenth Floor Chambers on Phillip Street. He was reportedly one of five people who fled the cafe after 4pm.
Julie Taylor
The corporate law barrister from Eight Selborne was at the Lindt Cafe with her colleague, Katrina Dawson. She appears to have featured in a video sent to news sites from inside the cafe listing the gunman’s demands.
Elly Chen
The Lindt cafe employee made headlines around the world after she was captured fleeing the gunman’s stronghold into the arms of heavily-armed police.
Harriette Denny
A Lindt cafe employee. Her Sunshine Coast family told Fairfax Media the 30-year-old was safe and well but terribly upset she lost her friend and colleague Tori Johnson.
Puspendu Ghosh
Ghosh was working as a project manager at Westpac. He comes from West Bengal, India. His mother, Smriti Kana Ghosh, told the Times of India she was happy and relieved when she heard about the safety of her son.
Vishwakant Reddy
The IT worker reportedly lived in Sydney with his wife, Shilpa. His mother, Sulochana, told Indian media she was “anxiously waiting to speak to him”. The Indian minister for external affairs tweeted on Tuesday that Mr Reddy was safe. “He is undergoing some medical check-ups and will be home safe.”
Katrina Dawson
The 38-year-old mother of three died after a shootout erupted when police stormed the Martin Place cafe. She was a barrister at Eight Selborne Chambers and a former star student at Ascham girls school.
Tori Johnson
The 34-year-old Lindt cafe manager and former Terrigal High School student died on the way to hospital. There were reports he tried to wrestle the weapon from the gunman. He was remembered as a dedicated professional who put his staff first
Marcia Mikhael
The Westpac employee from Sydney’s west had a chilling post appear on her social media account at the height of the hostage crisis.
“The man who is keeping us hostage has asked for small and simple requests and none have been met,” the Facebook post read.
“He is now threatening to start killing us.”
The post was taken down not long after.
The 43-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to her leg and underwent surgery on Tuesday.
Stefan Balafoutis
A barrister at the Tenth Floor Chambers on Phillip Street. He was reportedly one of five people who fled the cafe after 4pm.
Julie Taylor
The corporate law barrister from Eight Selborne was at the Lindt Cafe with her colleague, Katrina Dawson. She appears to have featured in a video sent to news sites from inside the cafe listing the gunman’s demands.
Elly Chen
The Lindt cafe employee made headlines around the world after she was captured fleeing the gunman’s stronghold into the arms of heavily-armed police.
Harriette Denny
A Lindt cafe employee. Her Sunshine Coast family told Fairfax Media the 30-year-old was safe and well but terribly upset she lost her friend and colleague Tori Johnson.
Puspendu Ghosh
Ghosh was working as a project manager at Westpac. He comes from West Bengal, India. His mother, Smriti Kana Ghosh, told the Times of India she was happy and relieved when she heard about the safety of her son.
Vishwakant Reddy
The IT worker reportedly lived in Sydney with his wife, Shilpa. His mother, Sulochana, told Indian media she was “anxiously waiting to speak to him”. The Indian minister for external affairs tweeted on Tuesday that Mr Reddy was safe. “He is undergoing some medical check-ups and will be home safe.”
Seriously can they not just leave religion out of it? This event has caused Muslims across Australia to question how their faith fits in with our society and all Turnbull can do is go on about the love of Jesus. So much for unity.
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UNSW (The University of New South Wales)
6 hours ago
Our condolences go out to all those affected by the tragic events in Sydney’s Martin Place. In particular, to the family, friends and colleagues of UNSW Law alumna Katrina Dawson, who was tragically killed. Katrina graduated from UNSW in 2004 with a Master of Law, specialising in human rights and social justice.
Our thoughts and sympathies are with all those involved at this difficult time.
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CAN EVERYBODY PLEASE READ THIS:
Katrina Dawson's childhood friend remembers her wicked sense of humour
Katrina Dawson didn't like coffee.
"It was her only flaw," my sister Bee said. "And it was the one that killed her. If she hadn't preferred hot chocolate, she might not have been in the Lindt Chocolat Cafe."
Bee Alexander, middle back, at a surprise party for Katrina Dawson who is cutting the cake on her 15th or 16th birthday.
Katrina - "Tree" as they called her at school - would have appreciated the irony, even on the day of her death. Though she excelled in every field she chose to pursue, her wicked sense of humour proved she never aspired to become a paragon of virtue.
Tree grew up in Randwick, with a rope ladder over her back fence into our backyard. That rope ladder brought her into our kitchen and stole away my older sister to games of Marco Polo that I could hear from our garden.
Every afternoon after school, the three of us and Clare, who lived down the road, would hop off the bus and bounce straight into the corner store, where Tree would buy a bag of lollies for us to share. This was a devious act, as eating in uniform was forbidden under the school rules, and so it was with sad stomachs that we stepped off the bus on the day that Tree was inevitably made a prefect. Surely now she must observe the school rules. But incredibly, she led us straight back into the corner store. Her commitment to friends and lollies trumped her commitment to the badge.
Tree's generosity and loyalty were legendary among her school friends.
Reports that she had been shielding her pregnant friend from the gunfire rang absolutely true.
"She would have been the one looking after everyone," said Clare.
At 9.15am on Monday, Katrina told her clerk that she was going out for hot chocolate, and headed to the Lindt Chocolat Cafe with barristers Julia Taylor and Stefan Balafoutis. With three children to ferry across the eastern suburbs to school, she often had to wait until the mid-morning for the chance to eat a piece of vegemite toast and a hot chocolate.
Jeremy Stoljar SC, a close friend and mentor who worked with Katrina at the Eighth Floor Selborne Chambers, dropped into her office to say hello, and again 20 minutes later, only to learn she was still out. Soon after news of the siege broke, her husband, Paul Smith, tried to reach her on her mobile.
Tree was admired by almost everyone she met, none more than her children, for whom the feeling was entirely reciprocated.
Even when her youngest had reflux, she took it in her stride. "Mummy you live in vomit land," her oldest daughter said. "It's true," she replied.
"She was a terrific barrister, she had first class legal skills, and more importantly she was a wonderful person," Jeremy Stoljar said.
"She was a very funny, loving person, very popular, very caring person. I can't believe we're having this conversation."
Female lawyers contemplating a move to the bar were often advised to speak to Katrina before they did so. She was the person that seemed to make motherhood and a career at the bar work.
Former Governor General Quentin Bryce was in tears. She had been the principal at the University of Sydney's Women's College while Katrina was senior student at the hall of residence.
"Our country has lost a shining star," Ms Bryce said.
"Confident, courageous, out-front, articulate, warm and funny, but thoughtful, gentle and understanding too."
This is not how it was supposed to end. Tree was always the girl most likely to succeed. She was not supposed to be killed in a madman's frenzy.
Earlier this year Tree went on holidays to Turkey with her mother.
The day she died was her mother's birthday.
Husband Paul Smith and Katrina Dawson
Katrina Dawson's childhood friend remembers her wicked sense of humour
Katrina Dawson didn't like coffee.
"It was her only flaw," my sister Bee said. "And it was the one that killed her. If she hadn't preferred hot chocolate, she might not have been in the Lindt Chocolat Cafe."
Bee Alexander, middle back, at a surprise party for Katrina Dawson who is cutting the cake on her 15th or 16th birthday.
Katrina - "Tree" as they called her at school - would have appreciated the irony, even on the day of her death. Though she excelled in every field she chose to pursue, her wicked sense of humour proved she never aspired to become a paragon of virtue.
Tree grew up in Randwick, with a rope ladder over her back fence into our backyard. That rope ladder brought her into our kitchen and stole away my older sister to games of Marco Polo that I could hear from our garden.
Every afternoon after school, the three of us and Clare, who lived down the road, would hop off the bus and bounce straight into the corner store, where Tree would buy a bag of lollies for us to share. This was a devious act, as eating in uniform was forbidden under the school rules, and so it was with sad stomachs that we stepped off the bus on the day that Tree was inevitably made a prefect. Surely now she must observe the school rules. But incredibly, she led us straight back into the corner store. Her commitment to friends and lollies trumped her commitment to the badge.
Tree's generosity and loyalty were legendary among her school friends.
Reports that she had been shielding her pregnant friend from the gunfire rang absolutely true.
"She would have been the one looking after everyone," said Clare.
At 9.15am on Monday, Katrina told her clerk that she was going out for hot chocolate, and headed to the Lindt Chocolat Cafe with barristers Julia Taylor and Stefan Balafoutis. With three children to ferry across the eastern suburbs to school, she often had to wait until the mid-morning for the chance to eat a piece of vegemite toast and a hot chocolate.
Jeremy Stoljar SC, a close friend and mentor who worked with Katrina at the Eighth Floor Selborne Chambers, dropped into her office to say hello, and again 20 minutes later, only to learn she was still out. Soon after news of the siege broke, her husband, Paul Smith, tried to reach her on her mobile.
Tree was admired by almost everyone she met, none more than her children, for whom the feeling was entirely reciprocated.
Even when her youngest had reflux, she took it in her stride. "Mummy you live in vomit land," her oldest daughter said. "It's true," she replied.
"She was a terrific barrister, she had first class legal skills, and more importantly she was a wonderful person," Jeremy Stoljar said.
"She was a very funny, loving person, very popular, very caring person. I can't believe we're having this conversation."
Female lawyers contemplating a move to the bar were often advised to speak to Katrina before they did so. She was the person that seemed to make motherhood and a career at the bar work.
Former Governor General Quentin Bryce was in tears. She had been the principal at the University of Sydney's Women's College while Katrina was senior student at the hall of residence.
"Our country has lost a shining star," Ms Bryce said.
"Confident, courageous, out-front, articulate, warm and funny, but thoughtful, gentle and understanding too."
This is not how it was supposed to end. Tree was always the girl most likely to succeed. She was not supposed to be killed in a madman's frenzy.
Earlier this year Tree went on holidays to Turkey with her mother.
The day she died was her mother's birthday.
Husband Paul Smith and Katrina Dawson
I feel so badCAN EVERYBODY PLEASE READ THIS:
Katrina Dawson's childhood friend remembers her wicked sense of humour
Katrina Dawson didn't like coffee.
"It was her only flaw," my sister Bee said. "And it was the one that killed her. If she hadn't preferred hot chocolate, she might not have been in the Lindt Chocolat Cafe."
Bee Alexander, middle back, at a surprise party for Katrina Dawson who is cutting the cake on her 15th or 16th birthday.
Katrina - "Tree" as they called her at school - would have appreciated the irony, even on the day of her death. Though she excelled in every field she chose to pursue, her wicked sense of humour proved she never aspired to become a paragon of virtue.
Tree grew up in Randwick, with a rope ladder over her back fence into our backyard. That rope ladder brought her into our kitchen and stole away my older sister to games of Marco Polo that I could hear from our garden.
Every afternoon after school, the three of us and Clare, who lived down the road, would hop off the bus and bounce straight into the corner store, where Tree would buy a bag of lollies for us to share. This was a devious act, as eating in uniform was forbidden under the school rules, and so it was with sad stomachs that we stepped off the bus on the day that Tree was inevitably made a prefect. Surely now she must observe the school rules. But incredibly, she led us straight back into the corner store. Her commitment to friends and lollies trumped her commitment to the badge.
Tree's generosity and loyalty were legendary among her school friends.
Reports that she had been shielding her pregnant friend from the gunfire rang absolutely true.
"She would have been the one looking after everyone," said Clare.
At 9.15am on Monday, Katrina told her clerk that she was going out for hot chocolate, and headed to the Lindt Chocolat Cafe with barristers Julia Taylor and Stefan Balafoutis. With three children to ferry across the eastern suburbs to school, she often had to wait until the mid-morning for the chance to eat a piece of vegemite toast and a hot chocolate.
Jeremy Stoljar SC, a close friend and mentor who worked with Katrina at the Eighth Floor Selborne Chambers, dropped into her office to say hello, and again 20 minutes later, only to learn she was still out. Soon after news of the siege broke, her husband, Paul Smith, tried to reach her on her mobile.
Tree was admired by almost everyone she met, none more than her children, for whom the feeling was entirely reciprocated.
Even when her youngest had reflux, she took it in her stride. "Mummy you live in vomit land," her oldest daughter said. "It's true," she replied.
"She was a terrific barrister, she had first class legal skills, and more importantly she was a wonderful person," Jeremy Stoljar said.
"She was a very funny, loving person, very popular, very caring person. I can't believe we're having this conversation."
Female lawyers contemplating a move to the bar were often advised to speak to Katrina before they did so. She was the person that seemed to make motherhood and a career at the bar work.
Former Governor General Quentin Bryce was in tears. She had been the principal at the University of Sydney's Women's College while Katrina was senior student at the hall of residence.
"Our country has lost a shining star," Ms Bryce said.
"Confident, courageous, out-front, articulate, warm and funny, but thoughtful, gentle and understanding too."
This is not how it was supposed to end. Tree was always the girl most likely to succeed. She was not supposed to be killed in a madman's frenzy.
Earlier this year Tree went on holidays to Turkey with her mother.
The day she died was her mother's birthday.
Husband Paul Smith and Katrina Dawson
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Not gonna lie, when I read some of the letters and tributes at the memorial it really hit the feels.
If anyone gets the chance you guys should check out the memorial and floral tributes at Martin Place. It's absolutely amazing.
If anyone gets the chance you guys should check out the memorial and floral tributes at Martin Place. It's absolutely amazing.
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Because it was right in front of Channel 7 where the gun man aimed for it to be caught by the nation and mediaWhy Lindt
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What? Seriously? Where's the problem in what Turnbull has said? And to all the people who liked it, bloody hell. How is it not ok to talk about the love that Jesus had?
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Religion have nothing to do with it, it's just Australia invading another country by following America.
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mfw people forget jesus is a prophet in islam.
financial: dude, nutjobs are going to be nutjobs no matter what. how is australia invading another country? Iraq requested OUR assistance.
Yeah I'm sure that's exactly what he meant. /sarcasm
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