Australian prisoner Andre McKechnie loses court bid to overturn Vegemite prison ban
The gist
Supreme Court of Victoria Justice Claire Harris dismissed prisoner Andre McKechnie's human rights challenge to Victoria's Vegemite ban.
The ruling keeps a 20-year security measure in place across the state's 12 prisons.
How it unfolded
- 1923Vegemite first rolled off the production line in Melbourne, invented as an alternative to Britain's Marmite.
- 2006Vegemite was banned in Victorian prisons, with authorities citing brew-making and drug smuggling.
- 2025McKechnie took his battle to the Supreme Court of Victoria.