Greens call for big tax slug on sugary drinks

By Jacob McArthur
Updated July 14 2016 - 10:40am, first published June 22 2016 - 9:00pm
SUGAR HIT: The Greens have called for a 20 per cent tax on sweetened drinks.
SUGAR HIT: The Greens have called for a 20 per cent tax on sweetened drinks.

THE health benefits from a proposed sugary drink tax are “blindingly obvious”, as local voices join the call for soft drinks to be slugged with a 20 per cent levy.

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