Terror case judge blasts court delays

A Sydney judge has read the riot act over delays in the case of alleged terror funder Ali Al-Talebi.

The 26-year-old man is expected to face trial later this year and is accused of arranging to have thousands of dollars sent abroad to help get Islamic State supporters to Syria.

Al-Talebi is charged with two counts of supplying funds to the terrorist organisation, which relate to allegations that he instructed a young associate to send two parcels of $3000 to Pakistan.

He also faces one charge of attempting to make funds available to IS, after he allegedly arranged for the same youth to transfer $US9000 ($A12,880) overseas.

The accused man, who is bail-refused and has now spent almost four months behind bars, was due to be arraigned in Sydney's Downing Centre District Court on Friday, but his case has now been adjourned until next month.

Judge Robyn Tupman on Friday took lawyers on both sides of the case to task for delays in taking the matter to trial, given the "inevitable bail refusal circumstances" that arise in cases involving terrorism charges.

"If these things are so serious that the rest of us have our civil rights altered ... then the least that can be expected of everybody who either prosecutes or appears for people like this is that they pull out all the stops," Judge Tupman said.

She said a "culture of delay" was in the Downing Centre and said she was "doing my very best to stop it".

Judge Tupman's comments came just days after NSW Attorney-General Gabrielle Upton announced a $20 million package to address delays in NSW District Court criminal cases getting to trial.

An audit report released late last year suggested delays have reached crisis point, with a backlog that had doubled to just less than 2000 cases since 2011 and was costing the state about $60 million a year.

Al-Talebi's case is due back in court on February 12.

Another man, Omarjan Azari, has already pleaded guilty to one charge of attempting to make funds available to IS over his involvement in the same alleged plot.