Xanana Gusmao's recent outburst, unofficial translation.

Six Australian journalists died here and yet they want to keep lying, why? Because they want to steal our oil, it's this that Australian journalists should also look at, they should not come and criticize my government, I Xanana, I have already said, don't think that I am afraid, the Indonesian generals are all generals because they fought with me, we had great difficulties during 24 years, but we did not surrender, so in this tussle over oil don't come and yell about my government, this I am saying don't do it boy, you will not win boy.

So I warn Australian Journalists that they should not tamper with my government, during 24 years, they signed to steal Timor-Leste's oil, now they come with a lot of talk, continuing to say that we are a good for nothing people, no, you don't play with me, sometimes we smile with one another, but don't play with Xanana, as far as I am concerned, it is we who are governing better.

I myself have been accused of favoring this person or that, I am not startled, because whichever member of my government is accused, I have to defend them. I have already said often , if there is a concrete case that has filed in Court, and the court notifies me of such, and a member of this government has this problem to come and answer in court, it will be I who will go and arrest that Minister, if he is proved to be wrong I will get someone to replace him or her, but if it is proved he or she is right, then I go back, and it is this that is the duty of the leader of the team, otherwise if I listen that this one is corrupt and I sack him or her, and that one is corrupt, but corrupt of what, if it is with me myself then I will go.

As far as I'm aware, this is a direct attack aimed at ABC reporters Stephanie March and co, as this all comes off the back of the "Ricegate" scandal. This is all most odd after Gusmao said this about Ricegate:

In the law, it states that the wife, or husband, and children, and also others, can only have a 10 per cent share. They are not allowed over 10 per cent. If there is proof that the share is more than ten percent, then declare that I did wrong, it means I'm wrong.