Mums and dads worried if their children are at risk of radicalisation should be able to seek help from an early-intervention team, a prominent Muslim community leader says.
Dr Jamal Rifi is worried parents have little options besides police or the terrorism hotline when seeking help for their children.
On ABC radio on Monday he proposed a special assessment team, which could include a community or family leader, psychologists, youth workers and religious leaders.
NSW Labor MP Jihad Dib agrees intervention is needed to stop teenagers becoming radicalised.
After Friday's shooting of a NSW police force worker by a 15-year-old boy outside the Parramatta headquarters, the member for Lakemba said it was time to start looking at disengagement factors.
"Kids have always had a history of being disengaged ... but not to this extent. We've got to find ways to stop them. There's got to be an intervention," he told Sky News.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says early intervention programs are long overdue.
"Having the police deal with the matter after it has happened is far less desirable than preventing it happening in the first place," he told reporters in Sydney.
Mr Shorten urged concerned parents to reach out for help.
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