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Why Australia, Why Melbourne
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Face it- Melbourne's perfect
October 04 2002
Melbourne has been declared the near-perfect town after being rated the
best city in the world to call home.
In a survey of 130 cities, the Economist Intelligence Unit rated
Melbourne and Vancouver in Canada as the best cities in the world in
which to live, with Perth ranked third and Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide
tied in eighth place.
Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby was rated the worst.
The London-based EIU assessed the level of hardship for expatriates in
the 130 cities, focussing on 12 factors including housing, education,
recreational activities and climate.
Not surprisingly, Melbourne's weather prevented it earning a perfect
score of zero, with the Victorian capital and Vancouver scoring one
point, Perth two and Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane all on four.
Sydneysiders won't agree, but Melbourne's weather, based on humidity
rather than rain and temperature, was adjudged better.
And while Sydney received a near-perfect score in all categories, its
high level of violent crime, on a par with New York and London, cost
it points.
"Really we found very little wrong with Melbourne, it's just about
the perfect city," said Bill Ridgers, editor of the EIU's Cost of
Living survey.
"It got a perfect score in every single category we looked at, apart
from slight faults in its humidity and the availability of recreational
activities, but that's really splitting hairs."
Cities were rated one to five in the 12 categories, with one at 0 per
cent meaning there was no hardship and five, at 100 per cent, indicating
extreme hardship.
Sydney earned a two for violent crime, the same as New York and London,
while Port Moresby scored five.
Melbourne received 1.1 for recreational activities, falling down on the
availability of concerts and theatre, while Sydney earned one, but Perth
received the lowest score of the five Australian cities surveyed.
The survey was split into three categories with the health and safety
section rating the threat of violent crime, the threat posed by
terrorism or armed conflict and a health and disease assessment.
Culture and environment looked at the availability of nightclubs,
restaurants, sporting events, sporting facilities, theatres, cinemas and
concerts, as well as studying climate, levels of corruption and the
availability of consumer goods and services.
The infrastructure section ranked transport, housing, education and
utilities.
Ridgers said although the survey was based on expats' experiences, the
factors were broad enough to apply to locals as well.
London was joint 44th on 13 points along with Hong Kong, Lisbon, Madrid
and San Francisco, while New York was 52nd on 16, equal with Dublin.
Canada performed strongly with Toronto equal fourth with Vienna, Geneva
and Zurich, while Montreal joined Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide,
Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and Oslo in eighth and Calgary was
ranked 16th.
New Zealand cities Auckland and Wellington were both ranked 24th.
AAP
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Australia will rely on immigration to stop a decline in its population
in
the next 30 years, federal Multicultural Affairs Minister Gary Hardgrave
said today.
"On current population projections, immigration will be the only thing
preventing our population from declining in about 30 years time," Mr
Hardgrave told a conference on Australia's demographic future in Sydney
today.
"The reality we are grappling with today is a declining fertility rate
which, since the mid 70s, has been well below the rate needed for
population replacement.
"Given current population projections, immigration will inevitably play
an
even greater role in our future than it has done in the past."
The number of people aged 65 years or over is set to double by the mid
century, reaching 24 per cent, Mr Hardgrave said.
With the ageing population there is likely to be significant growth in
the
number of people leaving the labour force.
Mr Hardgrave said Australia's economic growth would decline unless
skilled
migrants entered the workforce.
"They're (baby boomers) now starting to hit retirement years and they're
not being replaced by an equally large group of younger people who are
paying taxes and running industries," he said.
"Bringing in young and skilled migrants to Australia means industries
can
grow and expand and jobs can be created and older people can have their
future years looked after by those who are younger in the work force."
"When you actually import people with skills to Australia, this creates
jobs, it adds to the economy, there's an estimated ... tens of billions
of
dollars boost over the next ten years simply because of our skilled
migration program."
The 2002/2003 migration program will be the largest and most highly
skilled
in over a decade, offering between 100,000 and 110,000 places.
The Australian Population Association conference being held at the
University of New South Wales will also be addressed by demographers
from
around Australia and overseas.]
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Face it- Melbourne's perfect
October 04 2002
Melbourne has been declared the near-perfect town after being rated the
best city in the world to call home.
In a survey of 130 cities, the Economist Intelligence Unit rated
Melbourne and Vancouver in Canada as the best cities in the world in
which to live, with Perth ranked third and Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide
tied in eighth place.
Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby was rated the worst.
The London-based EIU assessed the level of hardship for expatriates in
the 130 cities, focussing on 12 factors including housing, education,
recreational activities and climate.
Not surprisingly, Melbourne's weather prevented it earning a perfect
score of zero, with the Victorian capital and Vancouver scoring one
point, Perth two and Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane all on four.
Sydneysiders won't agree, but Melbourne's weather, based on humidity
rather than rain and temperature, was adjudged better.
And while Sydney received a near-perfect score in all categories, its
high level of violent crime, on a par with New York and London, cost
it points.
"Really we found very little wrong with Melbourne, it's just about
the perfect city," said Bill Ridgers, editor of the EIU's Cost of
Living survey.
"It got a perfect score in every single category we looked at, apart
from slight faults in its humidity and the availability of recreational
activities, but that's really splitting hairs."
Cities were rated one to five in the 12 categories, with one at 0 per
cent meaning there was no hardship and five, at 100 per cent, indicating
extreme hardship.
Sydney earned a two for violent crime, the same as New York and London,
while Port Moresby scored five.
Melbourne received 1.1 for recreational activities, falling down on the
availability of concerts and theatre, while Sydney earned one, but Perth
received the lowest score of the five Australian cities surveyed.
The survey was split into three categories with the health and safety
section rating the threat of violent crime, the threat posed by
terrorism or armed conflict and a health and disease assessment.
Culture and environment looked at the availability of nightclubs,
restaurants, sporting events, sporting facilities, theatres, cinemas and
concerts, as well as studying climate, levels of corruption and the
availability of consumer goods and services.
The infrastructure section ranked transport, housing, education and
utilities.
Ridgers said although the survey was based on expats' experiences, the
factors were broad enough to apply to locals as well.
London was joint 44th on 13 points along with Hong Kong, Lisbon, Madrid
and San Francisco, while New York was 52nd on 16, equal with Dublin.
Canada performed strongly with Toronto equal fourth with Vienna, Geneva
and Zurich, while Montreal joined Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide,
Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and Oslo in eighth and Calgary was
ranked 16th.
New Zealand cities Auckland and Wellington were both ranked 24th.
AAP
This story was found at:
[линк]
Australia will rely on immigration to stop a decline in its population
in
the next 30 years, federal Multicultural Affairs Minister Gary Hardgrave
said today.
"On current population projections, immigration will be the only thing
preventing our population from declining in about 30 years time," Mr
Hardgrave told a conference on Australia's demographic future in Sydney
today.
"The reality we are grappling with today is a declining fertility rate
which, since the mid 70s, has been well below the rate needed for
population replacement.
"Given current population projections, immigration will inevitably play
an
even greater role in our future than it has done in the past."
The number of people aged 65 years or over is set to double by the mid
century, reaching 24 per cent, Mr Hardgrave said.
With the ageing population there is likely to be significant growth in
the
number of people leaving the labour force.
Mr Hardgrave said Australia's economic growth would decline unless
skilled
migrants entered the workforce.
"They're (baby boomers) now starting to hit retirement years and they're
not being replaced by an equally large group of younger people who are
paying taxes and running industries," he said.
"Bringing in young and skilled migrants to Australia means industries
can
grow and expand and jobs can be created and older people can have their
future years looked after by those who are younger in the work force."
"When you actually import people with skills to Australia, this creates
jobs, it adds to the economy, there's an estimated ... tens of billions
of
dollars boost over the next ten years simply because of our skilled
migration program."
The 2002/2003 migration program will be the largest and most highly
skilled
in over a decade, offering between 100,000 and 110,000 places.
The Australian Population Association conference being held at the
University of New South Wales will also be addressed by demographers
from
around Australia and overseas.]
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[линк]
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