NSW's extremist violence program prioritises addressing vulnerabilities to violent extremism over deradicalising participants, Communities and Justice department director Heather Jackson said on Wednesday. "People in a democratic country can hold a belief," Ms Jackson said. "In some ways, the ideological outcome doesn't matter," Ms Jackson said. National counter-terrorism co-ordinator Brendan Dowling previously told the inquiry about a handful of pathways aimed at preventing extremist violence. However, the focus of our programs is disengaging a person from violence and mobilisation to violence."