Prisoner fails bid to overturn Vegemite ban arguing human rights breach
A convicted killer fails to overturn a ban on Vegemite in Victoria's prisons after court hears it can be used to make alcohol and impair sniffer dogs from detecting contraband.
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A convicted killer fails to overturn a ban on Vegemite in Victoria's prisons after court hears it can be used to make alcohol and impair sniffer dogs from detecting contraband.
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Courtney Gould is a political reporter and live blog specialist based at Parliament House in Canberra. She joined the ABC after several years in the parliamentary press gallery with News Corp.