2026-04-16 257083d986e1de5a42f614b1927f927d5de08d71 /feed/2026/04/16/a-fire-at-the-major-viva-oil-refinery-near-melbourne-australia-halts-its-gasoline-production A fire at the major Viva oil refinery near Melbourne, Australia halts its gasoline production. 1776346569 2026-04-16 69ce6b9ea60664fdf3cda93bc6e23bd115b71e50 14 Australia 115 /wiki/australia Melbourne 36 /wiki/melbourne Victoria 70 /wiki/victoria%20(state) Viva 1 /wiki/viva%20energy gasoline 171 /wiki/gasoline refinery 13 /wiki/refinery Australia Melbourne Victoria Viva gasoline refinery Viva 2025-11-13 36c365570ab50fdb0328fa50071a73e4524f0ba2 24 Australia Victoria 2 /feed/2025/11/13/the-state-of-victoria-enacts-australia-s-first-treaty-with-indigenous-peoples-establishing-a-permanent-first-peoples-a The state of Victoria enacts Australia's first treaty with Indigenous peoples, establishing a permanent First Peoples' Assembly and a truth-telling commission as part of a formal state–Indigenous governance framework. 2025-05-25 5f8b29e560f7c50eec8b75729f502a3c5bff5a68 /feed/2025/05/25/at-least-four-people-are-injured-including-one-seriously-in-a-mass-stabbing-attack-with-a-machete-and-fight-at-the-nor At least four people are injured, including one seriously, in a mass stabbing attack with a machete and fight at the Northland Shopping Centre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 1748187898 2025-05-25 1abca8ccd7661af11bd39e1f27aff2e061a1eb7c 5 Australia Melbourne Victoria 3 /feed/2025/05/25/at-least-four-people-are-injured-including-one-seriously-in-a-mass-stabbing-attack-with-a-machete-and-fight-between-ga At least four people are injured, including one seriously, in a mass stabbing attack with a machete and fight between gangs at the Northland Shopping Centre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 2024-12-16 4123cd595ca0e278658b80dd1634c3d2eb65d3d9 14 Australia Victoria 2 /feed/2024/12/16/walpeup-victoria-australia-reports-a-temperature-of-471-c-the-hottest-temperature-reported-in-the-state-since-2019 Walpeup, Victoria, Australia, reports a temperature of 47.1 C, the hottest temperature reported in the state since 2019. Extreme heat wave and fire risk warnings are also issued for areas across Australia. 2023-09-8 8c4d78a24e4d8efe5f5e85655ff6d79f2c7ae111 /feed/2023/09/8/one-person-is-killed-and-five-are-injured-when-a-car-ploughs-through-pedestrians-and-two-other-vehicles-in-melbourne-vi One person is killed and five are injured when a car ploughs through pedestrians and two other vehicles in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The driver is arrested at the scene. 1694225789 2023-09-8 47cd15fb4325539ae182a0f8528a0829c6969230 23 Australia Melbourne Victoria 3 /feed/2023/09/8/one-person-is-killed-and-five-others-are-injured-when-a-car-crashes-into-pedestrians-and-two-other-vehicles-in-melbourne One person is killed and five others are injured when a car crashes into pedestrians and two other vehicles in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The driver is arrested at the scene. 2023-05-28 3d722cb9adb78d4d93267395a09e5444a74526b4 /feed/2023/05/28/buildings-and-roads-are-damaged-across-melbourne-after-a-magnitude-40-earthquake-strikes-victoria-australia Buildings and roads are damaged across Melbourne after a magnitude 4.0 earthquake strikes Victoria, Australia. 1685886241 2023-05-28 bad427de97fa429e2cad7dccde90f1b371410154 8 Australia Melbourne Victoria 3 /feed/2023/05/28/buildings-and-roads-are-damaged-across-melbourne-by-a-magnitude-40-earthquake-in-victoria-australia Buildings and roads are damaged across Melbourne by a magnitude 4.0 earthquake in Victoria, Australia. 2019-04-14 fa518629e25ff1ff8160d0b2dd8acc11b8b509ef 3 Australia Melbourne 2 /feed/2019/04/14/two-people-are-dead-and-two-others-were-wounded-in-a-drive-by-shooting-outside-a-nightclub-in-melbourne-australia Two people are dead, and two others were wounded in a drive-by shooting outside a nightclub in Melbourne, Australia. 2017-12-21 d6d158cc269cafa507691e36a8aa483185860db3 1 Australia Melbourne 2 /feed/2017/12/21/nineteen-people-are-injured-after-a-car-crashes-into-pedestrians-at-the-corner-of-flinders-street-and-elizabeth-street-i Nineteen people are injured after a car crashes into pedestrians at the corner of Flinders Street and Elizabeth Street in Melbourne, Australia. The driver is arrested. Victoria Police believe that the incident was a "deliberate act" but not terrorism-related. 2017-01-20 ef2c9cf20fc8e6370c49e05ef55903e4c30c55e7 9 Australia Melbourne 2 /feed/2017/01/20/three-people-are-killed-and-twenty-injured-after-a-man-drove-a-car-into-the-bourke-street-mall-in-the-cbd-of-the-austral Three people are killed and twenty injured after a man drove a car into the Bourke Street Mall in the CBD of the Australian city Melbourne. A man has been arrested and Victoria Police say the incident is not terror related. In the next few weeks, the death toll would rise to six. 2016-02-28 f4eb707d61e67047a57a86cb3ae5a56921d70769 11 Australia Melbourne 2 /feed/2016/02/28/cardinal-george-pell-the-third-most-senior-person-in-the-roman-catholic-church-gives-evidence-to-the-royal-commission Cardinal George Pell, the third most senior person in the Roman Catholic Church, gives evidence to the Royal Commission in Rome dealing with his time as a priest in the Australian cities of Ballarat and Melbourne. 2010-03-7 d389d1691a04fca701b98f876856aa2d7d29e959 3 Australia Melbourne 2 /feed/2010/03/7/melbourne-australia-experiences-flooding-after-a-once-in-a-century-thunderstorm-of-marble-sized-hailstones-which-tears Melbourne, Australia experiences flooding after a once-in-a-century thunderstorm of marble-sized hailstones which tears the roof from a railway station and leads to the postponement of sports fixtures. A state of emergency is declared in Queensland. /feed/2026/04/16/a-fire-at-the-major-viva-oil-refinery-near-melbourne-victoria-australia-halts-its-gasoline-production NOS 16 1590d3e4b0bf4139414918365e8f09aae95a754c 4 https://nos.nl/artikel/2610636-brand-in-raffinaderij-verergert-brandstofproblemen-australie 2026 A fire at the major Viva oil refinery near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, halts its gasoline production.