Posted in NEWS by Jordan Williams | November 22, 2015
This weekend TV3’s The Nation looked at excise taxes and specifically whether the sorts of taxes we impose on alcohol and tobacco should be extended to sugar, fats, or junk food. Professor Nick Wilson from Otago University is quoted in support of imposing a...
Read more about Mexican sales falsehood continues to be repeated by anti-sugar lobbyPosted in PAPERS & BRIEFINGS by New Zealand Taxpayers' Union | July 9, 2015
The Taxpayers’ Union is today launching a report which corrects the recent claims of New Zealand campaigners about the effectiveness of sugar taxes in curbing obesity. The report contains Nielsen sales data, which is being publicly released for the first time in New Zealand. The data...
Read more about New report on why a sugar tax won't curb obesityPosted in NEWS by New Zealand Taxpayers' Union | February 18, 2014
The Taxpayer’s Union has discovered that the 'Fizz' group of academics campaigning for a ‘sugar tax’ on soft drinks appears to have been falsely claiming the endorsement of the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC). A group of academics who have received a lot of publicity...
Read more about Fizz using Health Research Council's logo without permission