Bernard Salt
Australian demographer
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Bernard Salt AM is an author,[1] demographer,[2] and since 2002 a regular columnist with The Australian newspaper. Between 2011 and 2019 he was an adjunct professor at Curtin University Business School, and holds a Master of Arts from Monash University.[3][4]
Bernard Salt | |
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| Occupations | |
| Years active | 2001–present |
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| Website | www |
A column in the Weekend Australian in 2016 earned him international reputation[2][5][6] for supposedly blaming discretionary spending on brunch food as a factor behind declining home ownership among millennials.[7] The column created a furore on social media,[8][6][9] and sparked further debate on intergenerational housing affordability in Australia.[10][11] The phrase "smashed avo" has since become a recurring meme in Australia,[12] and has been repeated overseas.[2]
Salt is known for characterising dividing lines of the middle class, coining the terms "Goat's Cheese Curtain" and "Latte Line" to comment on gentrification in Australia's major cities.[13][14]
Salt was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2017 Australia Day Honours.[15] He was a partner of KPMG until his retirement in June 2017, and still acts as a special advisor to the firm.[16]
Books
- The Big Shift (2001)[1]
- The Big Picture (2006)
- Man Drought (2008)
- The Big Tilt (2011)
- Decent Obsessions (2013)
