'Down and Out in Paris and London' by George Orwell is a memoir based on the author's experience of living rough in each of those cities in the late 1920s. It's a first hand account of poverty in two parts. But you don't have to be in Paris or London to find the out about life on the margins.

There is poverty aplenty in Melbourne. This is an account of street life from the perspective of those living it.

Darwin, like every other modern city, has contradictory policies when it comes to dealing with it's homeless population. But, in Darwin the difficulties are visible.

Producer: Lyn Gallacher

Sound Engineer: Tim Symonds

Actor: Brian Lipson