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Your Body Belongs To The Nation & Other Public Health Lobby, 9781925501490
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Governments have begun to act as if your body belongs to them. They have become a parent, telling child-like citizens how to behave: instructing, forbidding, taxing and berating citizens about their personal choices.

Your Body Belongs To The Nation & Other Public Health Lobby

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    134 pages

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    1 April 2017

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Governments have begun to act as if your body belongs to them. They have become a parent, telling child-like citizens how to behave: instructing, forbidding, taxing and berating citizens about their personal choices.On public health - “There is no inoculation for bad choices.”On public health researchers - “more interested in health inequality that any health benefit.”On food taxes - “To achieve modest gains in health among the poor, food taxes would cause riots in the streets.”On soft drink …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781925501490
ISBN-10:1925501493
Author:Gary Johns
Publisher:Connor Court Publishing
Imprint:Connor Court Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:134
Release Date:1 April 2017
Weight:168g
Dimensions:210mm x 150mm
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About The Author

Gary Johns

Gary Johns served in the House of Representatives from 1987-1996 and was Special Minister of State and Assistant Minister for Industrial Relations from 1993-1996. He served as an Associate Commissioner of the Commonwealth Productivity Commission 2002-2004. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Political Science) University of Queensland, Master of Arts (Geography) Monash University, and a Bachelor of Economics Monash University. His other books include ‘Right Social Justice’ and ‘Aboriginal Self-Determination: The Whiteman’s Dream’. His latest book is ‘Recognise What?’ (Connor Court 2014).

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