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Depots dodge diesel drought

Andrew Rogers

AFTER running on fumes for the past few days, Swan Hill has escaped the worst of a diesel fuel shortage with relatively minimal impact on travellers, truck drivers and harvest activity. Severe storms last week shut down Shell’s Geelong diesel refinery, one of only two in Victoria, reducing the state’s diesel supply by 50 per cent. Swan […]

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