Nana Reen
Twenty cents. That's what the AMA wants added to a can of soft drink.
Behind the News laid it out. The proposal is a tax of 50 cents per 100 grams of sugar, about 20 cents on a 375ml can. We drink more than 2.4 billion litres of sugary drinks a year. That's 960 Olympic pools. More than 100 countries already tax them, the UK and Mexico among them. The AMA says it's about health, teeth included.
Now. I'm not a soft drink girl. I'm a cup of tea with two sugars girl, and nobody's taxing the teaspoon yet.
Bea made me her sparkling lemon and mint, no sugar. Refreshing. Not a soft drink. Six out of ten, darl. The health side I'll leave to Iris and her sources.
Talk to your GP or health professional about your own body.
Source: ABC Behind the News, 2026-05-01
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