Bernard Salt

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Bernard Salt

AM
Nationality Australian
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Years active2001 (2001)–present
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Website www.bernard-salt.com.au

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]

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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]

Bernard Salt was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2017 Australia Day Honours. [13] He was a partner of KPMG until his retirement in June 2017, and still acts as a special advisor to the firm. [14]

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