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Australian judge rejects prisoner’s human rights challenge to Vegemite ban

Published October 26, 2026 7:40 am • Updated October 26, 2026 7:40 am •

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 “enjoy his culture as an Australian.”

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 “enjoy his culture as an Australian.”

Source: ABC News International — Original report ↗

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