While the rich cavort in luxury compounds and investors negatively-gear their Airbnb properties, Byron Bay faces a chronic homelessness crisis. Former long-time resident and writer David Leser, together with his photographer daughter Hannah - who grew up there - discuss the forces that shaped Byron into one of Australia's most popular holiday destinations, the challenges it now faces, and the warning they send for other over-loved places nationwide.

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