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Melbourne most liveable city
Melbourne has been named as the best city in the world to live, according to the latest Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Global Liveability Survey.
The report, coincidentally released on 30th August on the 176th anniversary of its founding, showed that Melbourne had moved from third to first place, beating Vancouver for the first time in almost a decade. Melbourne has consistently been in the top three positions of the 140 city list, and was previously in first position (jointly with Vancouver) in 2002. Melbourne scores highly in all of the EIU’s criteria and achieves perfect scores in the areas of healthcare, education and infrastructure.
Melbourne is well-known for its high quality of life, with its vibrant multicultural community, renowned arts scene, food and wine as well as Australia’s best shopping and leisure opportunities. Added to this, Melbourne is home to some of the world’s most prestigious cultural and sporting events and in 2010 was named the world's Ultimate Sports City for the third consecutive time.
Australian cities dominated the rankings with four cities inside the top ten, with Sydney coming in sixth place and Perth and Adelaide coming in joint eighth. Vienna came in second place, Vancouver third place, with Toronto (4), Calgary (5), Sydney (6), Helsinki (7), Perth (8), Adelaide (9), and Auckland (10) rounding off the top ten.
The EIU’s Liveability Ranking, part of the Worldwide Cost of Living Survey, assesses living conditions in 140 cities around the world by assigning a rating across five broad categories of stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.
As the world’s most liveable city, Melbourne attracts people from all over the world ensuring a steady supply of highly talented workers. On top of this, news that Australia’s R&D tax credit was passed by Parliament last week means that Melbourne is now also the most attractive environment for R&D in the world. Its enviable lifestyle, skilled and innovative workforce and competitive and dynamic business environment all combine to make Melbourne one of the world’s most dynamic cities.
