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@aps1080 wrote:

Super

Why ?

Because these people are a danger to society.

He was charged, flaky or not, he was charged.

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He was charged to be an accessory after the fact;  you do not know what it was that he was actually charged for.  It is easy to see in hind sight that he was a threat, but from the paperwork the judge saw when processing the bail application there was nothing to suggest that.  And people are charged and some are found innocent, some are convicted of lesser charge. 

If your best mate came to you for help because he killed somebody, what would you do?  Because absolutely anything except immediately reporting him, makes you immediately "accessory after the fact". 

I am not saying that Man Haron Monis was not guilty, actually it is very likely he was guilty of the murder itself, and who knows what else he was guilty of, but the judge gets file; in that file there is an info supplied by both parties, the judge can ask few questions and determines on the basis of the evidence supplied, and within the law if bail is warranted.