Turnbull and Shorten gently skirmish in leaders' debate

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten shake hands as they arrive for the leaders' debate at the National Press Club. (AAP)

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten shake hands as they arrive for the leaders' debate at the National Press Club. (AAP) Source: AAP

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten have gone head-to-head in the first official leaders' debate of the election. Climate change and the issue of trust dominated proceedings, as Messrs Turnbull and Shorten appeared at the National Press Club in Canberra.



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