Nats MP links Safe Schools to pedophilia

Conservative Nationals MP George Christensen has accused the controversial Safe Schools program of being linked to a pedophilia advocate.

Mr Christensen used parliamentary privilege on Wednesday to name Gary Dowsett, the deputy director of La Trobe University's Sex, Health and Society section of being behind the anti-bullying program.

"I think it would shock many parents to know that a pedophilia advocate is overseeing the organisation that came up with the Safe Schools program," he told parliament on Wednesday.

When contacted by AAP Mr Dowsett said: "I really don't want to comment about him.

"I will leave that to other people at this point to comment. There might be other people who might want to comment."

Mr Dowsett said he had yet to hear all of what Mr Christensen said in a 90 second statement to parliament.

The MP referred to an article allegedly written by Mr Dowsett from the journal Gay Information to accuse him of being "a long-time advocate of intergenerational sex, otherwise known as pedophilia".

"He says 'how different then is the gentle, tentative sexuality between parent and child from the love of a pedophile and his or her lover. That kind of love, warmth and nurture is an important part of the pedophilic relationship'," the backbencher said.