Australian PM branded 'grubby' over 'appalling' joke about Japanese leader's melons
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Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been branded "grubby" over an "appalling" joke about a fruity gift from his Japanese counterpart.
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Mr Albanese said on a podcast about the worst gift he received from a foreign leader, recalling a time when he received a present that was "pretty strange but ended up being quite good".
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He said Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi gifted him with two crown melons, a prized luxury fruit in the east Asian country, during a state visit to Australia.
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Published in July, the podcast episode has sparked controversy, with Mr Albanese already having to apologise to Kylie Minogue over his "s**g, marry, date" comments.
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