Alcohol tax hike will "spark public outrage"

Published: 9:31AM Friday April 23, 2010 Source: ONE News/Newstalk ZB/NZPA

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  A website claims it's received a leaked Law Commission report which proposes a 50% increase in the excise tax on alcohol. Breakfast spoke to Bruce Robertson from the Hospitality Associaton and asked whether that would have any effect on bringing down the binge drinking culture

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