Sugar industry pleads for relief

Warning of total collapse of sector as government urged to extend moratorium on sugar tax

29 September 2024 - 00:04

The sugar industry wants the finance minister to declare a six-year halt on increases in the health promotion levy (sugar tax) to avoid a potential loss of almost 300,000 jobs and a total collapse of the industry...

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