Altona refinery closure pumps up fears about farm fuel security

Vernon Graham
Updated February 16 2021 - 11:28am, first published February 15 2021 - 11:30am
A DYING BREED: Oil refineries were once prominent in Australia but are now a dying breed.
A DYING BREED: Oil refineries were once prominent in Australia but are now a dying breed.

The closure of Melbourne's Altona oil refinery has added to growing alarm about the security of liquid fuel supplies in Australia.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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