Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the House) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer him to his new $3 billion alcopop tax. I note the two drinks here: a Yellowglen Pink, sold for $4.50, which not an alcopop; and a Bacardi Breezer, which is sold for also $4.50, which is an alcopop. I say to you, Prime Minister: isn’t your alcopop tax just a tax grab? It does nothing about binge drinking, given that the major competitor to an alcopop is taxed at half the rate and has twice the amount of alcohol. It just shows this is a tax-grabbing con.

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