Netflix announces local ‘docu-soap’ Byron Baes

Netflix has commissioned a ‘docu-soap’ series based on influencers living in Byron Bay, titled ‘Byron Baes’.

The series will be executive produced by Married at First Sight Australia and Real Housewives of Sydney’s Emma Lamb and co-founders of production company Superreal, Julian Morgans and Rachel Tuffery.

The commission comes in light of calls for the Australian Government to install content quotas on international streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+. A green paper released in November last year proposed the services should be required to spend a certain amount on producing Australian content.