New South Wales Police have laid charges against a man who allegedly tried to groom a young girl for sex over the internet.

The federal member for North Sydney, Joe Hockey, says the Federal Government should buy the historic Graythwaite Estate after the Supreme Court ruled the New South Wales Government could sell it.

A 33-year-old Victorian man has appeared in a Sydney court charged with importing more than half a kilogram of cocaine into Australia.

Figures released by the Federal Transport Department show an increase in the number of passengers flying from Canberra to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

Jury deliberations in the Gordon Wood murder trial will enter a seventh day.

Police say they expect to charge a Sydney man with trying to groom a girl for sex over the Internet.

The New South Wales Government has won a long-running battle that allows it to sell the historic Graythwaite estate at North Sydney.

NRL star Greg Bird faces a three-day hearing in April next year over an alleged assault on his girlfriend.

The Crown is appealing against the sentence given to one of two illegal street racers in Sydney's west.

A man who pleaded guilty to posing as a Qantas engineer has provided fake references during sentencing.