"I just think that's nonsense."
Senator Arbib was "a very conscientious minister", Mr Shorten said.
"He puts a lot of effort into his portfolios and any other proposition about him just isn't correct at all."
Mr Shorten played down reports that Mr Arbib forewarned US officials in October 2009 that then-prime minister Kevin Rudd may face a leadership challenge.
"I think that the commentary I've seen this morning in the newspapers is dinner party gossip masquerading as US intelligence.
"I think each week someone's got to send a report of to America. So they jot down gossip and conversation.
"I just don't think what I've seen today is any more than what any journalist in the press gallery would already know, indeed what half of Australia might already know."
Bill Shorten and Arbib do they have a deal or are just best friends?
Government and Politics in Australia
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