Removing the Australian tax exemption on healthy food adds food stress to families vulnerable to poor nutrition

Removing the Australian tax exemption on healthy food adds food stress to families vulnerable to poor nutrition

Abstract Objective: To assess the impact of changing the Australian Goods and Services Tax (GST) on household food stress, which occurs when >25% of disposable income needs to be spent on food. Methods: Weekly healthy meal plan costs for average‐income (AI), low‐income (LI) and welfare‐dependent...

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Main Authors: Timothy J. Landrigan, Deborah A. Kerr, Satvinder S. Dhaliwal, Victoria Savage, Christina M. Pollard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
welfare
food cost
tax
food stress
income
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12714

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