By Stephen Johnson For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 00:18 BST, 7 June 2019 | Updated: 00:18 BST, 7 June 2019
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Labor's new leader Anthony Albanese has accused Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton of waging a war against the media.
The Opposition Leader and the cabinet minister in charge of national security faced off on the Today show, days after the Australian Federal Police raided the Canberra home of News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst and the ABC's Sydney newsroom.
Their Friday morning TV segment became heated when Mr Dutton accused Mr Albanese of personally targeting individual AFP officers.
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Labor's new leader Anthony Albanese (pictured) has accused Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton of waging a war against the media
'The Federal Police who have been criticised by people including Albo,' he said.
'I think it's quite unfair to target those officers individually.'
Mr Albanese fired back, accusing Mr Dutton of disrespecting civil liberties.
'I'm targeting you, buddy. I'm targeting you. You're the government. You're the government,' he said.
Mr Dutton, a former Queensland police detective, repeated his assertion that Mr Albanese had smeared individual AFP officers.
'I heard your words. You were criticising the
