Bernard SaltAM 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]
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]