Sugar, salts and fat taxes could save health budget $3.4 billion and increase life expectancy

By Tom McIlroy
Updated April 24 2018 - 11:12pm, first published February 15 2017 - 10:47am

Taxes on sugar, salt, saturated fats and sugary drinks, alongside new subsidies for fruit and vegetables, could save Australia's health budget $3.4 billion, a study has found.

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