{"id":1998,"date":"2014-05-24T17:05:45","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T07:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/?p=1998"},"modified":"2014-05-24T17:15:41","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T07:15:41","slug":"health-consequences-of-gst-on-fresh-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/?p=1998","title":{"rendered":"Health consequences of GST on fresh food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Audio:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1998-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fbe_20140524_0931_GST_on_Fresh_food.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fbe_20140524_0931_GST_on_Fresh_food.mp3\">http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fbe_20140524_0931_GST_on_Fresh_food.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/rnfirstbite\/potential-health-impacts-3a-gst-on-fresh-food\/5467836<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"color: #111111;\">Would a GST on fresh food make Australians sicker?<\/h1>\n<div class=\"ct-meta-details\" style=\"color: #666666;\">\n<ul class=\"cs-has-media\">\n<li><a class=\"ico ico-audio\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #222222;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radio\/player\/rnmodplayer.html?pgm=RN%20First%20Bite&amp;pgmurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fradionational%2Fprograms%2Frnfirstbite%2F&amp;w=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fradionational%2Fmedia%2F5467836.asx&amp;r=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fradionational%2Fmedia%2F5467836.ram&amp;t=Would%20a%20GST%20on%20fresh%20food%20make%20Australians%20sicker%3F&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fradionational%2Fprograms%2Frnfirstbite%2Fpotential-health-impacts-3a-gst-on-fresh-food%2F5467836&amp;p=1\">Listen now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ico ico-audio\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #222222;\" title=\"Download this item as MP3 (3.46MB)\" href=\"http:\/\/mpegmedia.abc.net.au\/rn\/podcast\/2014\/05\/fbe_20140524_0931.mp3\">Download audio<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dd>Saturday 24 May 2014 9:31AM<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section rich-text\" style=\"color: #333333;\">\n<div class=\"cn-storyRelatedMedia\">\n<div class=\"ct-featured-content\" style=\"color: #666666;\">\n<div class=\"inline-content photo \"><a style=\"color: #444444;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/rnfirstbite\/shopping-at-the-market\/5469934\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Shopping at the market\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/image\/5469934-3x2-340x227.jpg\" alt=\"Shopping at the market\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In response to last week\u2019s Federal Budget, debate grows around whether or not the GST should be broadened to include fresh food. Calls are coming from MPs, former leaders and even the chief executive of World Vision Reverend Tim Costello, for an &#8216;adult conversation&#8217; about a consumption tax on fresh fruit and vegetables. However, Australian research has shown a 10 per cent tax on fresh fruit and vegetables could have dire public health consequences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please leave your comments on this story below and if you&#8217;d like to have the program delivered weekly subscribe\u00a0<a class=\"external\" style=\"color: #a24839;\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/rn-first-bite-full-program\/id499805252?mt=2\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ct-social-share\" style=\"color: #333333;\">\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-send=\"false\" data-layout=\"box_count\" data-width=\"450\" data-show-faces=\"false\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" style=\"color: #a24839;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-lang=\"en\" data-count=\"vertical\">Tweet<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"g-plus\" data-action=\"share\" data-annotation=\"vertical-bubble\" data-height=\"60\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"share-email\"><a class=\"ico ico-email\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #555566;\" title=\"Email to a friend\" href=\"http:\/\/www2b.abc.net.au\/EAF\/View\/MailToQuery.aspx?http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/rnfirstbite\/potential-health-impacts-3a-gst-on-fresh-food\/5467836\">Email<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ct-guests\" style=\"color: #333333;\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #111111;\">Guests<\/h2>\n<dl class=\"ico ico-person\">\n<dt>Dr Lennert Veerman<\/dt>\n<dd><a class=\"external\" style=\"color: #a24839;\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/researchers.uq.edu.au\/researcher\/1825\" target=\"_blank\">Senior Research Fellow, School of Population &amp; Health, University of Queensland<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ct-further-info\" style=\"color: #333333;\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #111111;\">Further Information<\/h2>\n<dl class=\"ico ico-further-info\">\n<dt><a style=\"color: #a24839;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mja.com.au\/journal\/2013\/199\/8\/removing-gst-exemption-fresh-fruits-and-vegetables-could-cost-lives\">MJA Article on GST Veerman &amp; Cobiac<\/a><\/dt>\n<dd><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class=\"ico ico-further-info\">\n<dt><a style=\"color: #a24839;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/breakfast\/tim-costello\/5456744\">Rev Tim Costello on RN Breakfast<\/a><\/dt>\n<dd><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class=\"ico ico-further-info\">\n<dt><a style=\"color: #a24839;\" href=\"http:\/\/grattan.edu.au\/static\/files\/assets\/ceacf10a\/801_Balancing_Budgets.pdf\">Grattan Institute report Balancing Budgets<\/a><\/dt>\n<dd><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ct-credit\" style=\"color: #333333;\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #111111;\">Credits<\/h2>\n<dl>\n<dt class=\"ico ico-person\">Presenter<\/dt>\n<dd>Anita Barraud<\/dd>\n<dt class=\"ico ico-person\">Producer<\/dt>\n<dd>Maria Tickle<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audio: http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/rnfirstbite\/potential-health-impacts-3a-gst-on-fresh-food\/5467836 Would a GST on fresh food make Australians sicker? Listen now Download audio Saturday 24 May 2014 9:31AM In response to last week\u2019s Federal Budget, debate grows around whether or not the GST should be broadened to include fresh food. Calls are coming from MPs, former leaders and even the chief executive of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/?p=1998\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Health consequences of GST on fresh food<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,33,9,10,13,22,6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facts-data-points","category-health-market-quality","category-healthcare","category-healthy-habits","category-nutrition","category-policy","category-politics","category-rapid-learning-health-systems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1998"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2003,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions\/2003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}