{
  "id": 618356,
  "title": "Labor ministers stand by Albanese's 'melon' gesture, as AFP asked to step in",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/labor-ministers-stand-by-albaneses-melon-gesture-as-afp-asked-to-step",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T00:15:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/melon-gesture-japanese-memo-afp-referral/106840234"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Federal police are being asked to investigate how a confidential Japanese memo about the prime minister's \"melons\" gesture made it into Australian newspapers, as Labor ministers express annoyance over repeated questioning about whether the prime minister made a crude joke.",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}