Fight to stop KEPCO's Bylong coalmine and preserve prime agricultural land nears the finish

By Ethan Hamilton
Updated October 25 2021 - 11:35am, first published October 21 2021 - 9:00am
Bylong farmer Graeme 'Tag' Tanner laments the purgatory that the fight over the proposed KEPCO coalmine has left the region in: "Friday night we used to see 40 or 50 people down at the sportsground. But now there's just nobody here, I hardly see anybody," he says. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
Bylong farmer Graeme 'Tag' Tanner laments the purgatory that the fight over the proposed KEPCO coalmine has left the region in: "Friday night we used to see 40 or 50 people down at the sportsground. But now there's just nobody here, I hardly see anybody," he says. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

Graeme 'Tag' Tanner has lived in Bylong for 20 years and has seen it change from a thriving agricultural community to little more than a ghost town.

Get the latest Bunbury news in your inbox

Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date.

We care about the protection of your data. Read our Privacy Policy.