date:May 18, 2012
Darebin City Councils proposal to charge major fast food companies higher rates hit national headlines in Australia this week.
According to local newspaper the Preston Leader, a report by Darebin council officers into a campaign against Type 2 diabetes found that a higher differential rate for fast-food chains could act to curb the increase of people developing diabetes.
However, the AFGCs Acting Chief Executive Dr Geoffrey Annison said that Darebin Councils rate penalty is ill-conceived, im