On Sat, 8 Aug 2015 21:52:13 -0600, graham > wrote:

>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-33839742
>
>The Australian government is proposing banning the sale of the popular
>Vegemite spread in some communities because it is used to make alcohol.
>
>It says the yeast-based product is contributing to anti-social behaviour
>in some remote communities.
>
>Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion described the salty spread as
>a "precursor to misery".
>
>He said it was being bought in bulk to make moonshine, sometimes being
>brewed in bathtubs.
>
>In communities where alcohol is banned because of addiction problems, Mr
>Scullion said Vegemite sales should also be restricted, the BBC's Jon
>Donnison in Sydney reports.
>
>The minister added that in some cases children were failing to turn up
>to school because they were too hung over, and that Vegemite was an
>increasingly common factor in domestic violence cases.
>
>Vegemite started as a wartime substitute for Marmite.
>
>It is now something of an Australian culinary icon, our correspondent says.

It's been an 'Australian icon' for many, many decades. It's *never*
been an 'Australian CULINARY icon'. Aside from that, the story makes
absolutely no sense at all on several levels. It's bullshit.