Aboriginal public servant lashes out at Anthony Albanese in shocking foul-mouthed rant - but still manages to keep his job
Fred Leone, an award-winning musician, Indigenous Butchulla Songman and founder of Impossible Odds Records, was appointed to the board of the Music Australia Council in August 2023 by Minister of the Arts, Tony Burke.
Mr Leone, who was paid a salary of $24,540 for the role, has previously met Prince Harry when the former Royal was on a trip Down Under in 2022 with his wife Meghan.
But Mr Leone has landed himself in hot water when he last week filmed himself unleashing on the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Burke, also Immigration Minister, after Albanese said he was waiting for the right moment to recognise Palestine as a state.
'You weak ass p**s dog, f**k you Anthony Albanese, f**k you. F**k Penny Wong,' ,' Mr Leone said in a self-recorded video posted on Instagram.
'F**k that weak ass Minister for Immigration, Tony Burke. You can all go get f****d. That's pathetic: "I'm waiting for the right moment to recognise Palestine" after, what, almost half a million people are dead? You f***king piece of s**t.'
He further branded them as 'Zionist-siding dog(s)', before adding: 'When I see you at the f***ing airport don't even come near me c**t because I'll f***ing rip you in front of everybody.'
His comments, first reported by The Australian, were in response to the Prime Minister saying last week that recognition of Palestine as a state had to come in circumstances where it would 'advance the objective of the creation of two states'.
'My entire political life, I've said I support two states, the right of Israel to exist within secure borders and the right of Palestinians to have their legitimate aspirations for their own state realised,' Albanese said on Wednesday.
The Australian reported that Mr Leone has been allowed to keep his job on the taxpayer-funded board until his term expires at the end of August.
Burke, who is also Minister for Home Affairs, Cyber Security and the Arts, said that Mr Leone's language escalated after he was told his position on the board would not be renewed.
'His (Leone's) language escalated as soon as he was told that he wasn't going to be reappointed to Music Australia,' Burke said.
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