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10 August 2026

Anthony Albanese’s ‘melons’ gaffe was bad – Tanya Plibersek’s defence is worse

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Anthony Albanese’s ‘melons’ gaffe was bad – Tanya Plibersek’s defence is worse

Labor’s most senior female minister in the House of Representatives and a decades-long women’s rights warrior – refused to criticise Anthony Albanese’s stupid and crass declaration that he would “shag ...

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