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‘Unprecedented’ fire at Geelong oil refinery
Fire crews continue to battle an out-of-control fire at the Geelong refinery late last night.
Residents living in areas south of the Viva oil refinery in Corio, one of Australia’s two remaining refineries. warned staying inside to avoid smoke.
mayor of Geelong Stretch ConteljHe told ABC Melbourne radio this morning that the fire was “unprecedented”.
“When we talked to management, no one remembers an incident of this magnitude,” he said shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday morning. “But according to reports, it is being brought under control.”
The refinery said no one had been reported injured so far and there was no immediate impact on fuel supplies.
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Geelong refinery supplies 50% of Victoria’s fuel and 10% of Australia’s total fuel
Viva Enerji’s The refinery in Geelong supplies approximately 50% of Victoria’s fuel and 10% of Australia’s total fuel. According to the company website.
The refinery is one of only two remaining in Australia and employs more than 1,100 people. The other is Ampol’s Lytton refinery in Brisbane. Both rely on government support to stay open.
Viva Energy says on its website:
The refinery can process up to 120,000 barrels of oil per day to produce gasoline, diesel, LPG, jet fuel, avgas and Low Aromatic Fuel in support of the Federal Government’s anti-petrol program.
These include being Australia’s only producer of hydrocarbon solvents, marine fuel, low aromatic fuel, avgas, bitumen and high-quality plastic raw materials used to create food packaging, medical equipment and polymer banknotes.
Good morning, Nick Visser I’m here to take over. Let’s get to the point.
Matt Canavan defends Coalition immigration policy
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Nationals leader, Matt CanavanHe argued that the coalition’s planned crackdown on immigration was “fair and reasonable” and that immigrants would understand this policy.
Asked at 7.30 last night how Australia’s immigrant communities would view the plan, Canavan spoke of the “arduousness” of the naturalization process his Italian grandparents experienced in the 1950s and his own highly publicized section 44 supreme court citizenship saga (which he said ultimately proved he was a “dinky-di Aussie”). He said:
It’s fair and reasonable that we set high standards for joining the club of Australians, and I’m sure the expats here today want to see that…
We now have a Government that has its head in the sand and has clearly not listened to the Australian people who want change.
Canavan claimed support for Australia’s migration program was “falling off a cliff”.
When asked again by the show’s host Sarah Ferguson about the specific wording of the policy, which was described as “discriminatory”, Canavan said:
I think we need to distinguish between values…
We should not discriminate against colour, religion, sexuality or gender, but of course… we should discriminate against people who do not support democracy, who claim to support terrorism or violence, who do not believe in equality between men and women. I don’t want people with this view in our country.
Canavan reached for a literary quote: “Having good fences means good neighbors.”
Ferguson noted:
I will comment that the Robert Frost line in this poem is presented in irony.
But we will come back to this with many other questions another day, thank you for joining us…
‘Unprecedented’ fire at Geelong oil refinery
Fire crews continue to battle an out-of-control fire at the Geelong refinery late last night.
Residents living in areas south of the Viva oil refinery in Corio, one of Australia’s two remaining refineries. warned staying inside to avoid smoke.
mayor of Geelong Stretch ConteljHe told ABC Melbourne radio this morning that the fire was “unprecedented”.
“When we talked to management, no one remembers an incident of this magnitude,” he said shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday morning. “But according to reports, it is being brought under control.”
The refinery said no one had been reported injured so far and there was no immediate impact on fuel supplies.
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Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I Martin Farrer with the best of night stories and then Nick will take over.
Matt Canavan He defended the coalition’s planned immigration change as “reasonable and fair” and said it would be accepted as such by immigrants already in Australia. More is coming.
Residents in parts of Geelong have been warned to seek shelter due to smoke from an out-of-control fire at the Viva oil refinery in Corio; We will bring you more details soon.
