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Australian PM Tony Abbott: "We do have to ask ourselves the question - could it have been prevented?"
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has questioned why the gunman in the Sydney cafe siege was not on the country's terror watch list.
He said the government would examine why Man Haron Monis had been on bail.
Mr Abbott paid tribute to the two hostages who died in Monday's siege, describing them as "good people".
The two hostages and Monis died as police commandos stormed the cafe in Martin Place early on Tuesday morning, ending the 16-hour siege.
An investigation has been launched into the police operation.
Police are also investigating the motives of Monis - an Iranian refugee who was a known extremist and faced multiple criminal charges - and how he got a gun.
At a press conference, Mr Abbott said: "How can someone who has had such a long and chequered history not be on the appropriate watch lists and how can someone like that be entirely at large in the community.
"These are questions that we need to look at carefully and calmly and methodically."
However, Mr Abbott added that it was "possible" that the siege would have taken place even if Monis had been on a watch list.
"The level of control that would be necessary to prevent people from going about their daily life would be very, very high indeed," he said.
The victims have been named as cafe manager Tori Johnson, 34 and Sydney lawyer Katrina Dawson, 38.
In Martin Place, people have been arriving to sign condolence books and leave flowers in their memory.
Four other people, including a police officer, were injured. The officer has been discharged, while the other three were in a stable condition, police said.
'Emergency plan'
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The moment police stormed the cafe
Central Sydney was put in lockdown on Monday morning as the gunman entered the Lindt Chocolat Cafe and seized 17 hostages.
Five hostages managed to sprint to safety on Monday afternoon. Several more escaped in the early hours of Tuesday, as commandos stormed the cafe.
At a new conference on Tuesday, NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn would not say whether Monis had shot the two hostages himself.
Nor would she confirm media reports that cafe manager Mr Johnson was shot when he grappled with Monis. But she said that "every single one of those hostages acted courageously".
Asked if police stormed the cafe because of something they had seen or heard from within the cafe, Commissioner Burn would say only that "shots were heard and an emergency action plan was activated".
She said it was "extremely important" she did not comment on events in detail while the investigation is under way.
At the scene: Wendy Frew, BBC News Online, Australia editor
At Christmas time in Sydney, people come to Martin Place to see the giant Christmas tree. This year they have come to see a sea of flowers laid in memory of the victims of this week's cafe shooting.
Hundreds of bouquets have been laid on the pedestrian plaza a block away from where the siege took place.
Well-wishers like Maureen Sharma and Ruza Fisher have come to sign a condolence book and to lay flowers. The two young office employees who work nearby wanted to pay their respects.
"I came to work this morning and could not stop crying," said Ms Sharma. "It touched me more than I had expected." Ms Fisher said her stomach was in knots. "I am starting to well up… It was such a waste of lives."
On Tuesday evening, a crime scene perimeter remained up around the cafe, but police said all roads would be re-opened by Wednesday morning.
Police have promised more officers on the street for the next three weeks.
Sixteen-hour siege09:45 Monday local time (22:45 GMT Sunday): Police are called out to the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Sydney's Martin Place, a busy plaza in the heart of the city. Suggestions an armed robbery is under way are soon discounted.
10:09: Australian TV stations broadcast footage of hostages holding a black Islamic banner up to the window. The gunman can also be seen, wearing a bandana.
16:00-17:00: Three men, then two women, sprint to safety from the cafe's fire exit.
02:10 Tuesday (15:10 GMT Monday): Several more hostages escape and commandos storm the cafe.
02:48: Police officially confirm end of siege. They later report the deaths of three people, including the gunman.
How the siege unfolded
Australian media warn against quick conclusions
In pictures: Australians pay tribute
'Unstable'Monis, a self-styled Muslim cleric, sought political asylum in Australia in 1996. He had a history of religiously inspired activism, but officials say there is as yet no evidence his actions were linked to international Islamist movements.
He was convicted of sending offensive letters to the families of deceased Australian soldiers in 2009.
In 2013, he was charged with being an accessory to the murder of his ex-wife, and given bail.
Monis was also facing more than 40 sexual and indecent assault charges.
Monis had "vehemently denied" the assault and accessory to murder charges, his former lawyer told the BBC.
He "believed he was being victimised" for his "lobbying against the government", and had alleged that he was tortured while in custody, Mr Conditsis said.
According to Australian media, a High Court had dismissed Monis' appeal against his previous convictions on Friday.
During the siege Monis apparently forced hostages to hold up a flag showing the Islamic creed in the cafe window.
A church service was held at Sydney's St Mary Cathedral on Tuesday to mourn the victims.
Archbishop Anthony Fisher said the "heart of our city is broken by the deaths of two innocents", and urged Australians not to be caught up in "violence and its cycle of recrimination".
The Australian National Imams Council issued a statement saying it was "deeply saddened by the tragic end to the siege with the loss of life.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of those killed and to the hostages who suffered the trauma of the siege."
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