Sugar tax Yes! French fry tax err....

Mark Phelps
Updated September 23 2016 - 12:04pm, first published September 22 2016 - 5:13pm
Happy to attack cane growers but AUSVEG is coy on supporting similar a french fry tax to combat obesity epidemic.
Happy to attack cane growers but AUSVEG is coy on supporting similar a french fry tax to combat obesity epidemic.

HORTICULTURE group AUSVEG has declined to clarify whether or not it would support a tax on vegetable based fast foods including french fries, despite this week endorsing a sugar tax as a way of addressing Australia’s obesity epidemic. 

Mark Phelps

Mark Phelps

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