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Responsible Governments Major Australian Refinery Closures

Post by 9.3x64 » 06 Apr 2026, 7:04 am

Key Refinery Closures and Responsible Governments:

Liberal
Port Stanvac (SA) - 2003: Closed under the John Howard Coalition government.

Labour
Clyde (NSW) - 2012: Closed under the Julia Gillard Labor government.

Liberal
Kurnell (NSW) - 2014: Closed under the Tony Abbott Coalition government.

Liberal
Bulwer Island (QLD) - 2015: Closed under the Tony Abbott Coalition government.

Liberal
Kwinana (WA) - 2021: Announced under the Scott Morrison Coalition government, with the company (BP) citing low refining margins.

Liberal
Altona (VIC) - 2021: Closed under the Scott Morrison Coalition government.
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Post by bigrich » 06 Apr 2026, 7:19 am

9.3x64 wrote:Key Refinery Closures and Responsible Governments:

Liberal
Port Stanvac (SA) - 2003: Closed under the John Howard Coalition government.

Labour
Clyde (NSW) - 2012: Closed under the Julia Gillard Labor government.

Liberal
Kurnell (NSW) - 2014: Closed under the Tony Abbott Coalition government.

Liberal
Bulwer Island (QLD) - 2015: Closed under the Tony Abbott Coalition government.

Liberal
Kwinana (WA) - 2021: Announced under the Scott Morrison Coalition government, with the company (BP) citing low refining margins.

Liberal
Altona (VIC) - 2021: Closed under the Scott Morrison Coalition government.


interesting, more closed under the libs than labour :problem:

i'm sure if our government took they approach that they had during WW2 , just get it done , we could have drill rigs and refineries going within a year . cut funding to green b@llsh!t , and foreign aid packages that don't help our nation , and build what we need asap. plenty of big companies would be keen to get involved , but i think mineral rights should belong to the nation. not for companies to export for big profits, or for politicians to give away to foreign interests
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Post by Wapiti » 06 Apr 2026, 7:26 am

Hence why the term "Duopoly" is so apt now.

Morrison signed us up to Paris, and you could go on forever how stupid they were to think that this would make them heroes in the eyes of the people.
They don't act in the interests of the country, only their own desperate attempts to fame and fortune.

It's now indisputable that focusing on this renewables madness, and playing into the hands of international wealth-shifting schemes whilst ignoring that there is no alternative to fossil fuels to grow, feed and build the world out of the stone ages.
These people have either no foresight or intelligence or are despicably evil and are trying to turn the world upside down.
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Post by 9.3x64 » 06 Apr 2026, 7:26 am

bigrich wrote:
9.3x64 wrote:Key Refinery Closures and Responsible Governments:

Liberal
Port Stanvac (SA) - 2003: Closed under the John Howard Coalition government.

Labour
Clyde (NSW) - 2012: Closed under the Julia Gillard Labor government.

Liberal
Kurnell (NSW) - 2014: Closed under the Tony Abbott Coalition government.

Liberal
Bulwer Island (QLD) - 2015: Closed under the Tony Abbott Coalition government.

Liberal
Kwinana (WA) - 2021: Announced under the Scott Morrison Coalition government, with the company (BP) citing low refining margins.

Liberal
Altona (VIC) - 2021: Closed under the Scott Morrison Coalition government.


interesting, more closed under the libs than labour :problem:

i'm sure if our government took they approach that they had during WW2 , just get it done , we could have drill rigs and refineries going within a year . cut funding to green b@llsh!t , and foreign aid packages that don't help our nation , and build what we need asap. plenty of big companies would be keen to get involved , but i think mineral rights should belong to the nation. not for companies to export for big profits, or for politicians to give away to foreign interests

Yeah it is interesting isn’t it.
The wonderful liberal governments that I have been voting for…
Never again.
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Post by Wapiti » 06 Apr 2026, 7:31 am

Well, let's see who is really going to act in this countries interests from now on.

Who is going to bite the bullet, and "drill, baby drill", and start the immediate engineering and fabrication of new, world's best efficiency refineries in every capital city, and heaven forbid, construct new tank farms alongside them so we have on-tap, 90-180 days of energy being rotated through storage.
It's right at their fingertips, all we need to see now is who is fair-dinkum, and who is just constantly lying to us all.
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Post by Die Judicii » 06 Apr 2026, 10:51 am

bigrich wrote:
9.3x64 wrote:Key Refinery Closures.


interesting, more closed under the libs than labour :problem:

i'm sure if our government took they approach that they had duringhh WW2 , just get it done , we could have drill rigs and refineries going within a year . cut funding to green b@llsh!t , and foreign aid packages that don't help our nation , and build what we need asap. plenty of big companies would be keen to get involved , but i think mineral rights should belong to the nation. not for companies to export for big profits, or for politicians to give away to foreign interests
Perhaps that Football team from Papua New Guinea could come and help us rebuild and reopen some of the refineries ???
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Post by bigrich » 06 Apr 2026, 11:12 am

Die Judicii wrote:
bigrich wrote:
9.3x64 wrote:Key Refinery Closures.


interesting, more closed under the libs than labour :problem:

i'm sure if our government took they approach that they had duringhh WW2 , just get it done , we could have drill rigs and refineries going within a year . cut funding to green b@llsh!t , and foreign aid packages that don't help our nation , and build what we need asap. plenty of big companies would be keen to get involved , but i think mineral rights should belong to the nation. not for companies to export for big profits, or for politicians to give away to foreign interests
Perhaps that Football team from Papua New Guinea could come and help us rebuild and reopen some of the refineries ???


your referring to our government giving 6 million a year so PNG can have a national football team :roll: freakin nuts :crazy:
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Post by Wapiti » 07 Apr 2026, 1:42 pm

Yep. I wonder if that parasite Albanese will wear their merchandise too in some bullsh*t press conference

Meanwhile single parents are living in cars with their kids, trying to find toilets, showers and affordable laundromats.
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Post by Die Judicii » 07 Apr 2026, 2:44 pm

Wapiti wrote:Yep. I wonder if that parasite Albanese will wear their merchandise too in some bullsh*t press conference

Meanwhile single parents are living in cars with their kids, trying to find toilets, showers and affordable laundromats.

Yep, and u can now add that most likely when the cops tell em to “Move on” they won’t be able cos they don’t have any fuel.
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Post by Wapiti » 07 Apr 2026, 3:58 pm

That sneering c**t makes me and everyone I know sick looking at the failure.
I'd be chomping at the bit if I was still in the energy game, and had a say.
The engineers would all be designing power plants that make steam to spin the turbines with our unlimited uranium for unending power for any industry and domestic needs,
There'd be at least two refineries being drafted up now for every capital city, and our oil IS FOR US first,
All gas and oil exploration would have the approval and those who's land would be drilled would be rich,
LNG for export would have a 25-30% tax on it, that's what's left from the priority - fertiliser plants here and for penny-cheap household and industrial uses,
And I'd be sending the engineers to show me why the Bradfield project wouldn't change our countries agricultural potential a hundred-fold.

Dead set, globalists need to be removed from influence in this country forever.
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Post by alexjones » 07 Apr 2026, 9:49 pm

In the 30 years since 1996 labor has only had power at the federal level for 10 of those years.

Both sides are just as bad.
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Post by alexjones » 07 Apr 2026, 9:52 pm

bigrich wrote:
Die Judicii wrote:
bigrich wrote:
9.3x64 wrote:Key Refinery Closures.


interesting, more closed under the libs than labour :problem:

i'm sure if our government took they approach that they had duringhh WW2 , just get it done , we could have drill rigs and refineries going within a year . cut funding to green b@llsh!t , and foreign aid packages that don't help our nation , and build what we need asap. plenty of big companies would be keen to get involved , but i think mineral rights should belong to the nation. not for companies to export for big profits, or for politicians to give away to foreign interests
Perhaps that Football team from Papua New Guinea could come and help us rebuild and reopen some of the refineries ???


your referring to our government giving 6 million a year so PNG can have a national football team :roll: freakin nuts :crazy:




Australia gave an extra 50 million dollars to the government of Afghanistan. The taliban!!! Who we had a war with and are a terrorist regime.


You can not make this stuff up.

https://www.news.com.au/world/middle-ea ... 2b7e1e?amp
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Post by bigrich » 08 Apr 2026, 4:16 am

very poor use of taxpayers money AJ . not really in the national interest in my opinion .
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