Australia's government wants to make it easier to strip citizenship from people convicted of terrorism. It comes in the wake of last month's deadly terror attack in Melbourne. Critics say it is unlikely to prevent any future attacks. Our correspondent Greg Navarro reports.

Just days after last month's attack in Melbourne that left 2 people dead including the knife wielding attacker, the focus shifted to another deadly incident in the city. James Gargasoulas was convicted of murdering 6 people, after he drove his car through the same busy shopping area in 2017, also injuring dozens.

GREG NAVARRO MELBOURNE "Shortly after the latest attack here in Melbourne, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison accused Muslim leaders of not doing enough to stop extremism."

Greg Barton is a global Islamic Politics professor at Deakin University. He believes the Prime Minister's comments risk offending the Muslim community, and threaten some of the work being done to prevent attacks.

PROFESSOR GREG BARTON GLOBAL ISLAMIC POLITICS, DEAKIN UNIVERSITY "There are a lot of people in Muslim community groups, in police, government, local law enforcement ect, who've worked very hard for many years building trust and building relations and the work that they're doing does save lives. When you've stopped a young person from going to Syria, you've saved their life and saved them from doing harm to other people - when you set that work back you put lives at risk."

Australia's government has strengthened its terrorism laws over the years, and increased resources to help prevent attacks. Last month, 3 men were arrested in Melbourne after authorities say they became aware of a large scaled attack.

Morrison wants to strip convicted terrorists of their citizenship when the government believes they are entitled to apply for residency from another country.

SCOTT MORRISON AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER "Terrorists have violated everything about being what an Australian is all about. It's a crime against our country, not just against other citizens and this is something that can't be tolerated and permitted."

Barton believes the plan is more about politics than preventing terrorism. A recent survey found that about half of the Australians polled support a partial ban on Muslim migration.

PROFESSOR GREG BARTON GLOBAL ISLAMIC POLITICS, DEAKIN UNIVERSITY "You make pick up another half dozen cases where you do something and stop somebody from returning to the country and that can be useful, but it's going to be deal at 5 to 10% of the cases you are dealing with."

Barton say one of the most effective tools in countering terrorism is building relationships with communities - and creating a flow of information to help prevent future attacks. Greg Navarro, CGTN, Melbourne.