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2 September 2011

Pic_-_melbourne — Melbourne has been voted the world’s most liveable city: but for who? flickr/glennnn

Liveability prizes are nice but we have to … er … live here

By Meg Holden, Simon Fraser University and Andy Scerri, RMIT University

City leaders and media across the world have been celebrating or commiserating over this week’s announcement of the annual “world’s most liveable city" rankings. Indeed, a resplendent Melbourne Lord Mayor…

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