Morrison won't rule out 'bonkers sugar tax'

By Ben Potter and Phillip Coorey
Updated November 24 2016 - 9:27am, first published 9:05am
Greens leader Richard di Natale will push for a parliamentary inquiry into obesity to provide more ammunition for its own plans for a 20 per cent tax on sugary drinks.
Greens leader Richard di Natale will push for a parliamentary inquiry into obesity to provide more ammunition for its own plans for a 20 per cent tax on sugary drinks.

Treasurer, Scott Morrison, has declined to rule out a tax on sugar, only hours after Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce said it was a "bonkers mad" idea that his party would never countenance.

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