Australia has condemned North Korea for its latest ballistic missile test, calling it "reckless and provocative".
The rogue state fired a missile from a region near its west coast that flew 700 kilometres, days after Moon Jae-in took office as South Korea's presidency pledging to engage in dialogue with Pyongyang.
"Australia regards this as a reckless and provocative action that leads to instability both regionally and globally and has condemned clearly in the past North Korea for this sort of behaviour and we do so again," Defence Minister Marise Payne told reporters in Melbourne on Sunday.
She said Australia was working with South Korea, Japan, the US and other allies to press upon the North Korea continuing on this course of action is "not sustainable".
"It is absolutely opposed by the broad international community," Senator Payne said.
She called on all nations to redouble their efforts to impose the sanctions agreed through the UN process on Pyongyang and singled out China as one of the nations that have significant influence over the state.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull spoke with President Moon on the phone on Friday, agreeing to strengthen strategic talks and cooperation on North Korea's nuclear issues.
The pair invited each other to visit their countries but will first meet at the G20 Summit in Germany in July.
