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MELBOURNE – A prisoner is challenging an Australian state’s ban on inmates eating Vegemite, claiming in a lawsuit that withholding the polarizing yeast-based spread breaches his human right to “enjoy ...

A convicted murderer is challenging an Australian state's ban on prisoners eating Vegemite, claiming in a court suit that withholding the polarizing yeast-based spread breaches his human right to ...

The media spotlight is once again on the issue of prison conditions, as sentencing looms for Erin Patterson, convicted for three murders after serving a beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms.

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A prisoner is challenging an Australian state’s ban on inmates eating Vegemite, claiming in a lawsuit that withholding the polarizing yeast-based spread breaches his human ...