Qld still wants NAIF funding

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, left, watches the Melbourne Cup.

Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt said the Palaszczuk government would still accept funding from the $5 billion Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility for other projects.

The USS Ronald Reagan is one of three aircraft carriers that will participate in the show of force.

US to stage drill with three carriers as Trump visits Asia

Three US aircraft carrier strike groups will exercise together in the Western Pacific in the coming days in a rare show of force as President Donald Trump visits Asia with warnings about the nuclear threat from North Korea, US officials say.

PM blasts refugee advocates

Malcolm Turnbull has lashed out at refugee activists for encouraging 600 asylum seekers not to leave the Manus Island detention centre.