Austrian capital Vienna has been deemed the world’s most liveable city, followed by Denmark’s Copenhagen, Switzerland’s Zurich, and the Canadian cities of Calgary and Vancouver. Melbourne was the highest-ranking Aussie city on the ​​Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual index – it was demoted from 8th to equal 10th place with Japan’s Osaka. The Victorian capital was crowned the world’s most liveable city for 7 consecutive years on the merits of its stability, healthcare, education, culture and environment, and infrastructure. That was until 2017 – and since then, our closed international borders (ahem COVID…) saw Aussie cities fall down the list. Sydney dropped from 11th place to 13th, Adelaide – which was ranked 2nd in last year’s list – dropped to 30th place, Perth fell 26 spots to 32nd, and Brisbane dropped 17 spots to 27th. As for a list that few strive to end up on, the finalists for Australia’s worst big thing have been announced…