A prisoner is challenging an Australian state’s ban on inmates eating Vegemite, claiming in a lawsuit that withholding the polarizing yeast-based spread breaches his human right to “enjoy his culture ...

Lifelong inmate Andre McKechnie is suing Victoria over a prison Vegemite ban, claiming it violates his cultural rights. He also argues the ban breaches laws on adequate prison food. Vegemite was ...

More than 80% of Australian households are estimated to have a jar in their pantries MELBOURNE, Australia: A prisoner is challenging an Australian state’s ban on inmates eating Vegemite, claiming in a ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A prisoner is challenging an Australian state’s ban on inmates eating Vegemite, claiming in a lawsuit that withholding the polarizing yeast-based spread breaches his human ...

Usually reserved for toast, Australia's divisive Vegemite spread has made its way onto front pages around the world after being pulled into a bitter legal row. A convicted murderer in the state of ...

Sydney - Simply tasting Australia’s Vegemite spread might seem like cruel and unusual punishment to some, but one prison inmate from the land down under argues he should be allowed to enjoy the toast ...

Simply tasting Australia’s Vegemite spread might seem like cruel and unusual punishment to some, but one prison inmate from the land down under argues he should be allowed to enjoy the toast topping ...

This photo illustration taken in Sydney on November 18, 2025 shows two jars of Australia’s yeasty Vegemite spread. Agence France-Presse SYDNEY — Simply tasting Australia’s Vegemite spread might seem ...

An Australian prisoner has argued that he has a right to eat Vegemite because it was 'his culture as an Australian'. Simply tasting Australia’s Vegemite spread might seem like cruel and unusual ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A prisoner is challenging an Australian state’s ban on inmates eating Vegemite, claiming in a court suit that withholding the polarizing yeast-based spread that most of the ...

An inmate in Australia is arguing that he should be allowed to enjoy a particular toast topping as a basic human right. Convicted murderer Andre McKechnie has sued the prisons commissioner in the ...