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Albanese refuses to say sorry for ‘insulting’ melon joke about Takaichi

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Albanese refuses to say sorry for ‘insulting’ melon joke about Takaichi
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sidestepped calls to apologise on Tuesday after a clip emerged of him engaging in crude banter about a gift from his Japanese counterpart.
Albanese had already faced a backlash and apologised over comments made during an interview last month with the Bush Deep podcast in which he said he would “shag” singer Kylie Minogue.
But separate comments during that interview in which he joked about a gift from Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during her...

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