An accused terrorist who allegedly kept a formula for making bombs hidden behind a framed photograph in his house will apply for bail in the Supreme Court next week.

A freshly shaven Adnan Karabegovic, 24, of Officer, has appeared via videolink from the Metropolitan Remand Centre in the Melbourne Magistrates Court charged with four counts of collecting the al-Qaeda magazine, Inspire, in connection with the preparation of a terrorist act. Each offence carries a maximum 15-year jail term.

Karabegovic has been in custody since his arrest on September 12 following raids on at least 11 properties in Melbourne's southeast.

Defence lawyer Matthew Goldberg told the court that seven witnesses would be called to a three-day committal hearing of the charges to be held in April.

Three of the witnesses were interpreters who would be given evidence on the nature of the Arabic and Bosnian conversations involving Karabegovic intercepted by the Australian Federal Police.