Australia news live: PM says he shouldn’t have gone on Bush Deep podcast; home sales to overseas buyers plunge

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has acknowledged he should not have appeared on the comedy podcast Bush Deep, where he made a controversial joke about Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's gift of melons, an incident now referred to as 'melon-gate'. Albanese stated the incident taught him he needs to 'do better every day.' The controversy coincides with news that home sales to overseas buyers have significantly declined.