The idea of taxing red meat by Oxford University shows just how irrelevant these institutions are becoming, Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud said today.
\n\u200bResearchers in the US and UK have suggested a tax on red meat, apparently because the World Health Organisation says eating huge amounts of red meat has the potential to cause cancer.
\n\u201cComparing red meat to cigarettes is ridiculous, these institutions aren\u2019t living in the real world but instead make findings without a lead of reality,\u201d Minister Littleproud said.
\n\u201cRed meat is essential to a healthy diet.
\n\u201cThis is yet another attempt from the PC crowd to tell Australians how they should live their lives. You have to question who commissioned this report.
\n\u201cSuggestions a red meat tax would result in less overweight people are garbage.
\n\u201cGovernment shouldn\u2019t dictate diet.
\n\u201cGovernment\u2019s role is to give people the relevant information and let them choose for themselves.
\n\u201cPeople have to take responsibility for what they put in their mouths not the government.
\n\u201cI don\u2019t tell people what they should eat. People can make up their own minds and government should stay out of their lives.
\n\u201cIf other countries want to follow this madness and tax meat good luck to them but it won\u2019t happen here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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