https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/australian-murderer-has-no-right-to-vegemite-court-saysContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/australian-murderer-has-no-right-to-vegemite-court-sayshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/australian-murderer-has-no-right-to-vegemite-court-says#u165532Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:31:48 +0000An Australian prisoner serving a murder sentence has lost a legal challenge to overturn a ban on consuming Vegemite behind bars. Andre McKechnie argued that prohibiting the salty spread violated his human rights and denied him his Australian culture. An Australian judge rejected the challenge, ruling that there is no human right to the popular spread. The court acknowledged that the inmate's cultural rights are limited, noting that such restrictions stem primarily from the fact of his incarceration rather than an unlawful policy against the food item itself.Why it mattersInmates frequentl