--- description: Watch the press conference live here at 1:30 p.m. ET title: LIVE: Australian Authorities Hold Press Conference After Sydney Siege image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # LIVE: Australian Authorities Hold Press Conference After Sydney Siege by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 15, 2014 6:06 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 15, 2014 6:06 PM CUT Australian authorities are holding a news conference following a [tense, day-long hostage situation](http://time.com/3633134/sydney-hostage-martin-place-lindt-cafe-terrorism/ "undefined") in a Sydney cafe that ended early Tuesday morning after heavily-armed police in Australia stormed the premises. No deaths have been confirmed. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3634074/live-australian-authorities-press-conference-sydney-siege/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3634074/live-australian-authorities-press-conference-sydney-siege/"},"headline":"LIVE: Australian Authorities Hold Press Conference After Sydney Siege","datePublished":"2014-12-15T18:06:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:52:02.786Z","description":"Watch the press conference live here at 1:30 p.m. ET","url":"https://time.com/3634074/live-australian-authorities-press-conference-sydney-siege/","keywords":["Australia","Murder","Crime","Terrorism","hostage"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3634074/live-australian-authorities-press-conference-sydney-siege/","name":"LIVE: Australian Authorities Hold Press Conference After Sydney Siege"}}]}] ```