That’s irrelevant. I’ve lived in Melbourne all my life, and in some part the last two years. I have a pretty good idea what the joint is like. I just don’t share the same view of how it’s changed the last decade as some on here.
I’ve lived in WA, QLD, and NSW.
Mrs Wim is from SA.
Everyone has an opinion about Victoria and will tell you about it as soon as they hear you’re from there.
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Adelaide is the only major city in the world where Coca Cola is not the number 1 selling cold beverage. It’s Iced Coffee. They’re just a bit different in Adelaide and that’s ok. Different is still good. My wife’s family (mum’s side) are from Adelaide so we love visiting there
Given Bank closures and private banks ripping us off with transaction fees and interest rates, a Public bank which branches of the existing Australia post system makes sense. would help also support existing post offices which are struggling.
Would you support a Australian (public owned) Postal Bank
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fwiw, I like Adelaide.
It’s very relaxing.
I really enjoyed Sydney in my twenties, but I suspect I would like it a lot less now.
Loved the ferries. Loved the Harbour. Loved The Rocks. Even loved the Cross.
But their actual CBD was an uninviting, bland, kinda dirty wasteland.
I found Brisbane boring. All of the bad points of Adelaide with none of the good points.
Gold Coast is my idea of commercialised hell.
Perth is nice enough. WA is kinda like a different country, and I adored the FNW.
None of those places, in my experience and obviously your mileage may differ, has the vibrancy and convenience and anything you want at your fingertips as Melbourne.
FFS - Dan Andrews has provided us with the infrastructure the Tories renègued on because they were too busy lining their own pockets and those of their upjumped mates - the Kennett era was classic for corruption.
Your claim that Victoria is “now a divided place” is the sort of right-wing half-truth propaganda that’s disseminated daily by the Hairoiled Hun. Yes, Victoria is a “divided place” but that’s nothing new - it’s been a “divided place” since the corrupt regime of Henry Bolte and Arthur Rylah, back in the early sixties, dim through the mist of years.
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Interesting site, that Macrotrends site. Here are the current figures it provides for Melbourne and Sydney:
MELBOURNE:
• The current metro area population of Melbourne in 2024 is 5,316,000, a 1.55% increase from 2023.
• The metro area population of Melbourne in 2023 was 5,235,000, a 1.63% increase from 2022.
• The metro area population of Melbourne in 2022 was 5,151,000, a 1.78% increase from 2021.
• The metro area population of Melbourne in 2021 was 5,061,000, a 1.87% increase from 2020.
SYDNEY:
• The current metro area population of Sydney in 2024 is 5,185,000, a 1.25% increase from 2023.
• The metro area population of Sydney in 2023 was 5,121,000, a 1.27% increase from 2022.
• The metro area population of Sydney in 2022 was 5,057,000, a 1.3% increase from 2021.
• The metro area population of Sydney in 2021 was 4,992,000, a 1.34% increase from 2020.
Sydneysniders still refuse to admit it, but the figures don’t lie: Melbourne is the bigger city, and has been for at least five years. Time to move the Sydney Stock Exchange and the ABC HQ to Melbourne.
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Does anyone know the melting point of bronze?
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About 950˚C - it varies depending on the proportions of the constituent elements. It’d take a while to melt a statue…
I’ve got enough marshmellows.
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Just behead it like a normal person
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Walking around Richmond on a beautiful day before the Storm game.
And maaaaaaan, I feel bad for anyone who was doing that going…
‘Ugh, ■■■■ is woke.’
It is because the water taste terrible, and back in the day they made coke in Adelaide with it, so it has a ■■■■■ name.
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I love Melbourne. I could never live anywhere else. Only real detraction for me is some ■■■■■■ roads, but if that’s the main drawback, then I reckon we have it pretty good.
Heard on the radio yesterday while in the car that a survey post Covid on $B projects worldwide had an average of 70 % cost overruns. Didn’t hear who conducted the survey but if accurate who will be patting the Vic govt on the back for keeping a lid on things.
Also private companies borrow money for large infrastructure projects at rates higher than governments meaning that the users/taxpayers etc end up paying more on top of the profit that is paid to the private company for the project anyway. Just another way for bankers and hedge funds to cream more taxpayer dollars out of the system.
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There’s nobody with a louder dog whistle than ol’ Pete
Dont know if this belongs here but seems like the Police union and Government are at loggerheads of the new pay dispute.
Police want 6% annual pay rise for 4 years. Government said its not feasible under their strict wage policy…
What is their raise policy?! I know for us teachers, the government couldnt do more than 2.5% annually (well below Cost of living increase).
I don’t think the more affluent areas of Melbourne have changed a lot but the poorer areas where i grew up are horrendously worse.
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lmao “asylum”
“uni graduates sticking around to apply for jobs” isn’t a very remarkable trend, so better make something up
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