Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says he is open to suggestions to improve Australia's response to terrorist threats.
"I'd be keen to have a look at anything and we will continue to refresh the way we do things," Mr Dutton told Seven Network on Monday.
His comments come after a deadly attack in Melbourne on Friday when Hassan Khalif Shire Ali fatally stabbed one man and injured three others after crashing a car full of gas cylinders in Bourke Street.
The 30-year-old Somalia born man was known to federal police and had his passport cancelled in 2015 amid concerns he planned to travel to Syria to fight with Islamic State.
Mr Dutton reiterated that although the federal government would look at what it can do to improve anti-terrorism measures, the help of the Muslim community was key.
"We need the community, particularly leaders within the Islamic community, to do even more to encourage people to alert authorities, to change behaviour. That might give us a tip-off to stop the sort of behaviour we saw last week," he said.
Shire Ali was shot in the chest by a police officer he had threatened with a knife and later died in hospital.
His family said he had been experiencing mental health problems for which he had refused help.
"Please stop turning this into a political game. This isn't a guy who had any connections with terrorism but was simply crying for help," they said in a note handed to reporters.
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