No red flag on shooter

SECURITY agencies had no information to suggest the Australian man accused of the Christchurch mosque massacres should be placed on a watchlist or prevented from leaving the country.

Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo said the accused had spent just 45 days in Australia during the past few years.

“There was no reason to restrict his movement because nothing had come to attention ... to suggest that he was on a pathway to violence,” Mr Pezzullo told a budget estimates hearing in Canberra yesterday.