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COCA-COLA AMATIL, the company behind Jim Beam and Cola alcopops, has called on the Rudd Government to increase the tax on beer and cask wines if it is "fair dinkum" about tackling binge drinking.

Speaking after yesterday's annual meeting of shareholders, the managing director, Terry Davis, said the tax changes on alcopops would not cut binge drinking, but would encourage drinkers to change their habits.

"It was positioned as 'this is going to stop binge drinking' and that's just not going to happen," Mr Davis said.

He said the 69 per cent increase in excise on the popular pre-mixed alcoholic drinks would see drinkers swap them for wine-cooler style drinks or unmixed spirits, because a lower tax rate meant they were cheaper. Wine is at an advantage over spirits and beer because it is taxed on the wholesale price rather than its alcoholic content.

Stephen Strachan, of the Winemakers' Federation of Australia, said it would resist a tax rise as it would not fix alcohol abuse and was just a revenue raiser.

LNK
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Imbeciles!

Instead of lobbying to get the tax removed, they lobby to impose it on others as well!

Shit for brains!
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