Effervescent, or, more than Greenough?
Ms J.A. RADISICH: [...] It is my opinion that fizzy drinks do not have a place in schools. I am sure some people will disagree with me. Some schools have said that their canteens need to sell junk food and fizzy drinks to make money. It is not an acceptable argument. I put it to the government that if it is the case that this issue is about providing funding to schools rather than what kids are eating, it becomes a separate issue that needs consideration.
Mr A.D. McRae: What sort of fizzy drinks are you talking about?
Ms J.A. RADISICH: I thank the member for Riverton for asking.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas: Did you prompt him?
Ms J.A. RADISICH: No, I did not. However, he did well.
I looked at the nutritional content, or lack thereof, of some fizzy drinks that currently are available in some schools. It is cause for great alarm, which I will demonstrate. For example, Coca-Cola and Sprite are common drinks that are available to children at some schools, drinks that I am sure many members have ingested on occasion. Members know that Sprite and Coke have a high sugar content. It is something in the order of 16 teaspoons of sugar in just one can of drink. Professor Dingle from Murdoch University has stated that if we stopped drinking two cans of these drinks per day, we would all lose half a kilo per month.
Mr G. Woodhams: I will disappear!
Ms J.A. RADISICH: The member for Greenough needs to keep drinking them, but the rest of us could probably cut back.
Subject: Appropriation (Consolidated Fund) Bill (no. 1) 2006 [Legislative Assembly Second Reading - Cognate Debate]
Date: 17 May 2006
Hansard reference: pp. 2794b - 2848a [online (pdf)]
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