Melbourne tells itself: 'We're the best' | Travel News | News.com.au
* Melbourne voted most liveable city - poll
* Victorians 'envy of the rest of Australia'
* 'Sydney used to be ahead, but not anymore'
VICTORIANS were the "envy" of other Australians and Melbourne was the most liveable capital city in Australia by a "long, long way", Premier John Brumby said.
The Herald Sun reports a new Roy Morgan poll of 1200 Australians showed Melbourne was more liveable than Sydney and other Australian capital cities.
Mr Brumby trumpeted the results at a major economics conference at the University of Melbourne today.
He said the survey, which was commissioned by the Victorian Government and carried out in June, showed every Victorian should get credit for their willingness to get involved in large-scale events.
“This research shows we are the envy of the rest of Australia,” Mr Brumby said.
"What it shows is that we have got the liveability edge, whether you are talking about arts, whether you are talking about sport, whether you are talking about... romance.
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“If you go back to the 1990s that was very different, where Sydney was miles ahead in all of these areas.''
He resisted the temptation to take a swipe at the other states, however, saying they still had “great cities”.
“I think we are lucky in Australia, we have got great cities," he said.
"What this story says is that all of the work that has gone on (in Victoria) building events, building the arts, building sport... the vibrancy of our nightlife, cafes and streetwalks and so on, all of these things come together and just give us an edge in Melbourne."
Read more about Australia's Most Liveable City at the Herald Sun
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