Sydney Siege sparks Australia's NSW gov't to change bail laws

The events of the December 2014 Lindt Cafe Siege in Sydney's Martin Place have caused the New South Wales government to make changes to bail laws.

Iranian-born asylum seeker and Sydney Siege gunman Man Haron Monis was on bail when he took staff and customers hostage at the Lindt Cafe in Martin Place on December 15 last year.

Monis was facing more than 40 charges of sexual assault and for being an accessory to his ex-wife's murder.

NSW Premier Mike Baird reflected the "indescribable" events that lead to two death when announcing the changes on Friday.

"We must ensure these events don't merely remain memories upon which we reflect -- they must also serve as lessons from which we learn, and on which we act," Baird told reporters.

The changed bail laws in New South Wales will make it more difficult for people with links to violent extremists to be granted bail when charged with serious criminal offences.

The changes the laws are at the recommendation of the Martin Place Siege Review conducted in February 2015.

If the accused person has links to people or groups who advocate support for terrorism or extremism, that must also be taken into account.

Tougher restrictions on firearms accompany the changes.

A Coronial inquest examining the circumstances heard on Thursday, the public prosecutor who decided not to oppose Monis' bail two months before the Sydney Siege had only been on the job for two months.

The prosecutor had not been formally trained on new bail laws that had come into effect in 2014 and was handling his first bail application.

The prosecutor told the inquest on Friday he was not obliged to warn a magistrate about the seriousness of Monis' new charges at the time and that he acted appropriately when he did not oppose bail in court.

"I believe that I acted within my powers on that day and that I acted reasonably," the solicitor told the inquest. Endi