Tuesday, 1 August 2023

Melbourne livability

Matt FREGON (Ashwood) (16:39): It may not be Australian Music Month, but over the winter break many socials and much commentary have been filled with the lyrics of a certain Taylor Swift. It has been great to see, but to those people I say: I knew you were trouble. Now, don’t blame me, but look at what you made me do.

It is with great pleasure that I remind the house this August of the biggest news since 1989, and it might even beat our result in 2022. Melbourne is the number three most livable city in the world and, as we know all too well, it is where it belongs, as Australia’s most livable city. It is the best day, and it makes me want to begin again. There is no bad blood with the good people of South Australia. I will try and be delicate, but are you ready for it? There is another reason why they will have a cruel summer, and it is not the midnight rain. There is daylight between the reputations of Adelaide and Melbourne. Taylor Swift is not going to Adelaide, but she must be enchanted with our bejewelled city because fans have been thinking of their moment in their wildest dreams. There is no hoax with happiness. I am telling you that she is coming to Melbourne; it is karma. The Swifties from all over the country and New Zealand will be wearing their cardigans and coming here with style. Now, haters gonna hate, but we will shake it off because there is no dear John letter here, just a blank space on the Adelaide Oval stage. This is a love story with Victoria forever and always.