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Netflix’s battle over Byron Bay – The Saturday Paper
Leaked emails show Netflix was deliberately coy about the true nature of its first Australian reality show, Byron Baes – which will be a glossy, semi-scripted tabloid…
In April, Netflix Australia announced its first original series: a docu-soap, titled Byron Baes, based around the lives of hot Instagrammers and celebrity-adjacent-adjacent influencers living in Byron Bay.
In the weeks since, the streaming giant has struggled to temper the public backlash. Almost 10,000 people have signed a petition to boycott the show and block production. The Byron Shire Council has passed a number of motions declaring its opposition to the series. Locals recently paddled out…
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