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Cassandra Morgan

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Australia is odd one out on sugar tax - The Untold Story

Australians drink enough sugary drinks to fill 960 Olympic swimming pools each year, the AMA says. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Australia should follow the global trend and put a tax on sugar-sweetened drinks or remain the "odd one out", the Australian Medical Association says.

The doctors' lobby group has renewed calls for the impost, releasing a new report showing another 40 global jurisdictions have introduced a sugar tax since June 2021, taking the total to 85.

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