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Fred Nile says male hostages who fled Sydney siege don’t deserve bravery awards









‘Maybe they could have done something more to protect the women,’ NSW MP tells radio network

















Armed police outside the Lindt cafe soon after the siege began. Photograph: Don Arnold/Getty Images





Tuesday 13 January 2015 17.50 EST







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Male hostages who fled the fatal Sydney siege should not receive bravery awards, the New South Wales MP Fred Nile says.
The divisive figure thinks Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson, who were both killed along with the gunman, Man Haron Monis, at the end of the 16-hour siege, should receive the awards. But he says the men who escaped from the Lindt cafe do not deserve them.
“They should get recognition for what they suffered as hostages but I don’t think they should get bravery awards,” Nile told Fairfax Radio. “Maybe they could have done something more to protect the women.
“Normally bravery awards are given for an act of bravery – that somebody actually does something. They haven’t done anything.” 
Honouring the male hostages who fled would diminish the worth of the medal, he added. 
This week Tony Abbott asked the governor general, Sir Peter Cosgrove, to support a push to honour the victims, surviving hostages and emergency services with bravery awards.



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