When told of Mr Trump's remarks, My Shorten said "well I don't agree" and then added that "they seem to do politics differently in America to Australia". Opposition Leader Bill Shorten Credit:Alex Ellinghausen "I think there is a well-understood convention in Australia that when you've had a tragedy of this level where people have been murdered in a cowardly fashion, what we do is we let the families grieve. What we also do is we let the law enforcement authorities understand what's happened so they can prevent it again," he said. "But I do not equate demonising a whole group of people - a billion people - based on faith with the acts of stupid, random, terror events such as this." Mr Shorten has previously described Mr Trump's ideas as "barking mad" - a remark that itself breaches the convention on commenting on other countries' internal politics but distils a view widely held in foreign policy circles.

Mr Trump, the presumptive nominee for the Republican party in November's presidential election, tweeted after the shooting: "What has happened in Orlando is just the beginning. Our leadership is weak and ineffective. I called it and asked for the ban. Must be tough." Donald Trump responded to Orlando shooting by saying he was right about radical Islamic terrorism. Credit:AP He has previously called for a temporary ban on Muslim immigration. The shooter, Omar Mateen, was reportedly a US citizen, the son of Afghan immigrants to the US. When asked about Mr Trump's tweet, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said: "I'm not going to buy into commenting on American politics. I would simply say that we stand shoulder to shoulder with the United States."

Mr Shorten said the killing of 50 people and wounding of 53 more at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, reflected "a deep-seated fear of freedom" "And because this attack took place in a gay nightclub, I particularly want to extend my sympathy to people in the LGBTI [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex] community who might be feeling additional pain," he said. "It was an attack on our humanity. It was an attack on all of us. It was an attack on the right to be proud of who you are and who you love. I extend the deepest sympathy and sorrow to people of the United States for this brutal terror attack and I think it does speak volumes about the strength of our democracy that all Australians, regardless of their political views, are united in their sympathy for the citizens of the United States of America." Follow us on Twitter