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Last Refinery Standing Catches Fire, Country Discovers What Energy Dependence Looks Like

Victoria faces fuel price spikes after explosions and fire at the Viva Energy refinery in Geelong — one of Australia's last remaining oil refineries.

One refinery left on the eastern seaboard and it's on fire. We closed the others to save money and crossed our fingers the last one would hold up like a load-bearing wall in a condemned building. Thirty years of energy policy reduced to hoping nothing goes wrong at Geelong.