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Australia news live: large fire at Geelong oil refinery; Canavan defends Coalition’s hardline immigration plan

Geelong oil refinery; Canavan defends Coalition’s hardline immigration plan From Fire crews continue to battle

Victorian fuel prices could spike by 20c a litre due to Geelong refinery fire, experts warn

Geelong refinery fire, experts warn Victorian motorists are being warned to brace for a spike

Albanese says no fuel restrictions in wake of massive Geelong refinery fire

Geelong refinery fire Anthony Albanese says petrol production has fallen 40% at one of Australia

Out-of-control blaze at one of Australia’s two remaining oil refineries in Geelong

Geelong A major oil refinery in Geelong, which supplies half of Victoria’s fuel and 10% of the nation

Australia news live: fertiliser supplies secured; Albanese to visit Geelong refinery after fire

Geelong refinery after fire From An extra 250,000 tonnes of agricultural-grade urea for fertiliser

Australia scrambles to secure energy as war on Iran fuels uncertainty

Geelong Oil Refinery](/news/2026/4/16/fire-breaks-out-at-crucial-australian-refinery-raising-fuel-supply-fears) in Victoria this week has reminded policymakers that Australia’s domestic

Albanese’s visits to key allies have borne early fruits of fuel and fertiliser but ‘resilience’ is on the budget agenda

Geelong’s Viva refinery couldn’t have come at a worse time, even if damage

Major fire at Australian oil refinery to impact nation's petrol supplies

Geelong, southwest of Melbourne, just before midnight on Wednesday, after reports of explosions and flames

Jacinta Allan wants voters to see Victoria’s 12-year-old Labor government as ‘new and united’. Can she cling to power?

Geelong refinery fire](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/16/viva-oil-refinery-fire-corio-geelong-victoria-fuel-prices) that threatens to deepen the state’s fuel supply

Fire breaks out at crucial Australian refinery, raising fuel supply fears

Geelong run by Viva Energy on Wednesday night, had been brought “under control” at noon

No ‘specific request’ to help US in strait of Hormuz, Marles says, as Trump repeats criticism of Australia

Geelong. [Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) The defence minister