The latest proposal for a sugar tax on soft drinks has received a mixed response.
A report from social policy analysts, the Grattan Institute, has recommended the parliament establish a sugar content tax of 40 cents per 100 grams of sugar on water-based, non-alcoholic sugar-sweetened beverages.
The institute's health program director Stephen Duckett says it would raise $520 million in tax revenue and the cost to the consumer would be minimal.
New data from social researchers follows a call earlier in the year from the World Health Organisation urging countries to tax sugary drinks.
It is estimated obesity costs Australian taxpayers around $5.3 billion each year.
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