A Melbourne man on trial for planning terrorist acts allegedly told others he wanted to cut the throats of people in the CBD and create a "line of dead lefties", a court has heard.

Phillip Galea is on trial in the Supreme Court of Victoria for planning to carry out terrorist attacks on three Melbourne targets.

On the second day of his trial, prosecutor Richard Maidment continued outlining evidence including intercepted phone calls, social media posts and text messages between Mr Galea and others.

Mr Maidment told the jury that during one conversation in 2016, Mr Galea said that he wanted to "go around cutting throats in the city centre".

Read more: ABC News (Australia)