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

Residents south of the refinery in Corio warned to shelter inside due to smoke

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Good morning, Nick Visser here to take things over. Let’s get to it.

The Nationals leader, Matt Canavan, defended the Coalition’s planned crack down on immigrations as “fair and reasonable” and that migrants would understand the policy.