Labor candidate posts an obscene Jihadi John-style ISIS meme showing former PM Malcolm Turnbull beheading a female ABC journalist
- A Labor candidate has removed an ISIS-inspired meme from his Facebook page
- Wayne Kurnoth - a Senate candidate in the NT - posted the image last February
- It showed ABC host Emma Alberici being beheaded by ex-PM Malcolm Turnbull
- Labor bosses last night ordered Mr Kurnoth to remove the photo and apologise
A Labor candidate for the upcoming election has been forced to take down an ISIS-inspired meme from his Facebook after orders from the party's hierarchy.
Wayne Kurnoth - who is the fourth name on Labor's Northern Territory senate ticket - was last night ordered to remove the photo showing ABC host Emma Alberici being beheaded by former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
The meme used an altered image taken from the video of US journalist James Foley's horrific beheading at the hands of UK-born ISIS enforcer Jihadi John in 2014.
Labor candidate Wayne Kurnoth (pictured with Bill Shorten) has been forced to take down an ISIS-inspired meme from his Facebook after orders from the party's hierarchy
Mr Kurnoth shared this meme last February depicting former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull beheading ABC host Emma Alberici with an axe in an ISIS-inspired scene
Mr Kurnoth received a call from Labor Party bosses on Thursday night telling him to remove the photo and issue an apology, The Daily Telegraph reports.
NT State Labor Secretary Anthony Brereton said the image - which was posted early last year - did not meet the party's 'values'.
'This image is not in line with the NT Labor Party's values and expectations. He's been instructed to remove it and he is expected to apologise,' Mr Brereton said.
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Mr Kurnoth is a member of the United Voice Trade Union and was last year awarded 'organiser of the year' in the NT by the ACTU.
He has been a prominent union member for a number of years and features photos on his Facebook alongside Labor leader Bill Shorten and other party candidates.
The meme shared by Mr Kurnoth depicted Mr Turnbull standing over a kneeling Ms Alberici with an axe in hand.
Mr Kurnoth (pictured with Labor senator Malandarri McCarthy) is a member of the United Voice Trade Union and was last year awarded 'organiser of the year' in the NT by the ACTU
It came amid allegations that the Turnbull government had complained to the ABC about the reporting of Ms Alberici and its chief political reporter Andrew Probyn.
'First Turnbull sabotaged Emma Alberici's scrutiny of his government by axing Lateline. Now he's axed her online analysis of his lies to justify a $65 billion company tax cut,' the text on the image read.
Mr Turnbull denied reports that he had requested the government-funded ABC sack Ms Alberici, Mr Probyn or any other journalists.
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