Bill Shorten and Cory Bernardi have clashed during a press conference at Parliament House, with the Opposition Leader calling the conservative Liberal senator a "homophobe".
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Shorten calls Bernardi a 'homophobe'
Cory Bernardi brands Bill Shorten a 'fraud' and the Labor leader returns fire. Courtesy ABC News24.
Mr Shorten was using a press conference to attack the Turnbull government's decision to review the Safe Schools program, which is designed to reduce bullying of LGBTI students.
But things got heated when Senator Bernardi - the program's leading critic - walked past.
Conservative Turnbull government senator Cory Bernardi.
"We see this ridiculous, absurd obsession by the right wing of the Liberal Party about Safe Schools," Mr Shorten told reporters.
"That'd be me," Senator Bernardi interrupted. "At least I'm honest, Bill. You're a fraud."
