I'm Australian, and I don't even know about about the Monash University shooting, despite being in a University in the same city at the same time. I had to look

I'm Australian, and I don't even know about about the Monash University shooting, despite being in a University in the same city at the same time. I had to look it up, 2 people died. The Sydney hostage crisis only one person was killed by the gunman, who was carrying a shotgun. If he had an automatic weapon it very likely would have been more. Your last point is true.