Can police really handle a terrorist attack?

Catherine McGregor on a lesson learned from the way NSW police handled the Lindt cafe siege:

It is too late to draw comfort from the fact that our military maintains two highly capable Tactical Assault Groups, at a high state of readiness, in Sydney and Perth. These teams are highly trained, superbly equipped and conduct routine live-firing rehearsals for vastly more complex operations than this. Such is the pitch at which they operate that they are retained...