An imprisoned murderer lost his bid to overturn a ban on inmates eating Vegemite after he argued in court that withholding the yeast-based spread breached his human right to enjoy his Australian culture.
Andre McKechnie, who is serving a life sentence for murder, took his battle for the to the Supreme Court of the state of Victoria last year.
He had argued that being refused Vegemite denied him his right under the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act to ‘enjoy his culture as an Australian in the community with other persons of Australian background’, court documents showed.
Justice Claire Harris accepted prison
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