Australian Judge Upholds Prison Vegemite Ban, Denies Human Rights Claim

10/26/2026

A prisoner has lost his challenge to an Australian state’s ban on inmates eating Vegemite after he argued in court that withholding the polarizing yeast-based spread breached his human right to...

10/26/2026

Andre McKechnie who is serving a life sentence for murder in the southern Australian state of Victoria, took his battle for the spread to the Supreme Court last year.

10/26/2026

A KILLER has lost a bizarre court battle claiming that a prison ban on Vegemite violates his human rights. Andre McKechnie argued the ban on the salty yeast spread denied him the right to "enjoy...

10/26/2026

A judge agreed that denying the staple restricted the prisoner’s cultural rights but ruled that keeping drug dogs focused and cells free of illicit home brew was more important.