| Bernard Salt | |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Years Active: | present |
Bernard Salt is an author, demographer, 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.[1]
A column in the Weekend Australian in 2016 earned him international reputation for supposedly blaming discretionary spending on brunch food as a factor behind declining home ownership among millennials. The column created a furore on social media, and sparked further debate on intergenerational housing affordability in Australia. The phrase "smashed avo" has since become a recurring meme in Australia, and has been repeated overseas.
Salt was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2017 Australia Day Honours. He was a partner of KPMG until his retirement in June 2017, and still acts as a special advisor to the firm.[2]