Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🍬 Wednesday, June 5, 2024

• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The exhibition centre?

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes. The abbreviation is MCEC, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Not to be confused with the old Exhibition Building in Carlton.

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    • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why’s it called an MCC/Jeff’s shed?

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      • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I reckon MCC was a mispront. It’s called Jeff’s Shed after our fearless leader Jeff Kennett (premier of Victoria from 1992 to 1999), whose likeness adorns the south west corner of St Patrick’s Cathedral as a gargoyle. Kennett was an arrogant arsehole, who did a hell of a lot to make people’s lives worse. He also commissioned the MCEC building which has been known as Jeff’s Shed ever since.

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