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Australia has been galvanised by ‘melon-gate’. So what is the luxury fruit at the centre of the PM’s controversy?

Shizuoka Crown melons are part of an important cultural gifting practice in Japan, where they are hand-patted by growers to achieve an even shape and texture

The Guardian - AU · Aug 14

Australia v Bangladesh: first men’s Test, day two – as it happened

Australia claim five wickets across the second day as Bangladesh reach 351 for 6 and build an ominous first-innings lead in Darwin

The Guardian - AU · Aug 14

‘So much more respect for myself’: NZ ultrarunner Sophie Woods on smashing a 2,000km alpine run record

Sophie Woods speaks about the challenges she overcame while completing the notorious Via Alpina across eight European countries

The Guardian - AU · Aug 14

I’d rather drink eel-infested lake water than put my hand up for Alone Australia – which is what makes it such great TV

Alone Australia is my idea of torture, but there is something charming about the contestants that put their hands up for this madness

The Guardian - AU · Aug 13

Mine by Adam Ouston review – novel told in a single sentence is a hallucinatory reading experience

Ouston’s second novel follows a poet who is trapped in an abandoned mine in Tasmania while searching for inspiration for his ‘last great work’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 13

I protested against Pauline Hanson 28 years ago – now my teenager is doing the same thing

In 1998, when I was in year 11, my friends and I wagged school to protest against the One Nation leader. Now my daughter has joined the school walkout

The Guardian - AU · Aug 13

Is Australia’s buy now, pay later boom at an end?

Several firms promised to disrupt the consumer credit market by offering consumers their purchases instantly and the bill later. Did it work?

The Guardian - AU · Aug 13

Wallabies search for pieces to fit playmaker puzzle as Kiss swings changes

Australia head coach called in Carter Gordon to face Japan in Townsville but will keep investigating his flyhalf options before next year’s World Cup

The Guardian - AU · Aug 13

Transport watchdog investigates third safety incident at Sydney airport

A Virgin plane had to abort a take-off on Sunday as another plane began to cross the runway – hours after a near miss – making a total of three incidents in recent weeks

The Guardian - AU · Aug 13

‘Melancholic fantasy’: Wong escalates Labor rhetoric against Hanson, condemning ‘monoculture’ comment

Foreign affairs minister and first Asian-Australian to serve in federal cabinet to use Lowy Institute address to criticise politicians stoking racial divisions

The Guardian - AU · Aug 13