Redmond Symons (born 13 June 1949[citation needed]) is an Australian musician and television and radio personality.

and became the first Australian celebrity to reach the $500,000 question; however, he lost $218,000 after failing to answer that Benvenuto Cellini was an architect and not a sculptor, going away with $16,000 for his chosen charity and $16,000 for his home viewer.

Symons' on-camera persona is a sarcastic killjoy, a role he apparently adopted through his appearance as third judge on 'Red Faces'.

He then filled in for Lynne Haultain on the breakfast program while she was on maternity leave, replacing her permanently in that slot in 2003,[8] and continuing in the role until late 2017.

In June 2017, Symons interviewed fellow ABC radio presenter Beverley Wang about her new podcast, It's Not a Race.

The ABC removed the recording, saying that "a review of the editorial processes around this content and its use is in progress" and apologised for its broadcast.

[9] In December 2017 Symons announced that he would not return to the breakfast presenter role in 2018[10] after he was advised that the ABC did not renew his contract.

[15] An Australian Story episode aired in February 2010 documented his son Samuel's fifteen-year battle with cancer.