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Gurner got his start with loans from his boss, grandfather

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Rich Lister Tim Gurner took to the stage at this newspaper’s Property Summit on Tuesday to rail against “arrogant” employees and lazy tradies, and make a bewildering call for unemployment to rise “40 to 50 per cent”.

“We need to see pain in the economy,” Timbo said. “We need to remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around.

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Mark Di Stefano is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mark.distefano@afr.com

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