Sugar tax proposals divide experts and federal government

By Tom McIlroy, Neelima Choahan
Updated February 18 2017 - 1:43pm, first published 9:08am
The federal government doesn't care what experts say, there's no prospect of a sugar tax in Australia.
The federal government doesn't care what experts say, there's no prospect of a sugar tax in Australia.
Assistant Health Minister David Gillespie says a sugar tax would represent "nanny state" policy.
Assistant Health Minister David Gillespie says a sugar tax would represent "nanny state" policy.

Two in three Australians are overweight or obese, and the next generation of young people is heading the same way as 75 per cent are eating more sugar than ever before, new figures reveal.