Turnbull puts target on Australia: Greens

Greens leader Richard Di Natale has called on the prime minister to ditch the US alliance, and to urge an "unhinged and paranoid" Donald Trump to de-escalate the situation with North Korea.

Senator Di Natale said it was wrong for Malcolm Turnbull to talk up the prospect of Australia coming to the aid of the United States should the rogue regime launch an attack.

"Malcolm Turnbull, by backing in Donald Trump, has just put a target on our back," Senator Di Natale told reporters in Canberra on Friday.