Brisbane has but once more been robbed within the prime 10 record of most habitable cities on this planet, shedding out to Melbourne and Sydney.
However whereas the southern capitals would possibly wish to imagine their very own hype, no place in Australia compares with the environment within the Cauldron – aka Suncorp Stadium – on Wednesday night time when the Maroons completely trounced NSW in Sport II of the State of Origin.
Brisbane is the world’s sixteenth most habitable metropolis, in accordance with the EIU’s World Liveability Index.Credit score: Felicity Caldwell
However I digress.
The Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual World Liveability Index, launched Thursday, mentioned improved healthcare scores – affected by COVID waves within the 2022 rankings – helped Melbourne transfer from tenth to 3rd worldwide in 2023, whereas Sydney jumped from thirteenth to fourth.
Brisbane was relegated to the sixteenth in 2023, with the long run Olympic metropolis bettering its dismal score of twenty seventh place in 2022, which got here after a short interval within the solar in 2021 when Queensland’s efficiency in managing COVID-19 helped Brisbane into tenth place, simply behind Melbourne.
In much more complicated information to Queenslanders, Brisbane’s score of sixteenth means it slipped behind even Perth and Adelaide (ranked equal twelfth, up from thirty second and thirtieth, respectively).
In areas of stability (95 out of 100), healthcare (100) and schooling (100), Brisbane equalled Sydney and Melbourne, however was marked down on tradition and surroundings, getting a rating of 93.5 versus Melbourne’s 95.8 and Sydney’s 94.4.
Atmosphere? Brisbane had a most winter’s day of 20 levels on Tuesday.
