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10 August 2026

Coalition calls on Albanese to apologise to Japan's PM over melon gesture

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Coalition calls on Albanese to apologise to Japan's PM over melon gesture

The Australian prime minister has landed in hot water over a gesture involving two melons, which his office insists was not referring to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's body.

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