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    GST on Food - by frog



    Taking GST off food is the topic de jour of the week, with both Labour and National now commenting on it. So let’s open up a discussion about it here too. My thoughts are that the benefits are: It is a simple, pragmatic response to a specific problem (rising food prices). It could possibly be [...] read more
    April 29, 2008 8:29 am - 31 Comments
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    The war on obesity - by frog



    Yesterday the government released its response to the Health Select Committee’s inquiry into obesity and type-2 diabetes.  It adopted most, but not all of the recommendations, which led Health Minister David Cunliffe to say: “This Government has made health promotion and disease prevention a priority.” But the somewhat unimpressed Obesity Action Coalition called on the [...] read more
    November 28, 2007 2:15 pm - 32 Comments