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The Greens soft drinks tax: illiberal, ineffective, regressive

22 June 2016

12:00 AM

22 June 2016

12:00 AM

This Greens’ proposed soft drink tax is not only an affront to individual choice, it would do little to address obesity and, in practice, amounts to an attack on poorer Australians.

Greens leader Richard Di Natale have announced a new policy for a 20 per cent tax on sugary sweetened drinks to tackle obesity.

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