Canberra, May 30 -- Australia's Health Minister has said that the federal government has "no plan" to introduce a sugar tax despite a poll finding strong support for the proposal.
Mark Butler said on Friday that the government has a "range of measures" under consideration to reduce rising obesity rates but that it would focus on education rather than taxation.
"Obesity is really one of the big public health challenges we face today, and it's going to grow into the future," he told Seven Network television.
"We're focused more on educating shoppers with good front-of-pack labelling about the things they're thinking about buying in the supermarket. There is no plan in our government for a sugar tax."
Health NGOs have for several years...